An interesting thought, but there's some other factors at play. Navigating through views typically proceeds from left to right, which is why the back button is

An interesting thought, but there's some other factors at play. Navigating through views typically proceeds from left to right, which is why the back button is on the left side. I suppose you could change the direction of the animations, too. That seems unnatural in the context of a left-to-right language though.