> I don't think there is much relevance in the Japanese argument. I wouldn't discount it; one instance where I'm pretty sure it was taken into account is the d

> I don't think there is much relevance in the Japanese argument. I wouldn't discount it; one instance where I'm pretty sure it was taken into account is the design of checkboxes (HTML and otherwise). At least in Germany a checkbox on paper would be marked with an x to represent true - but that would be utterly confusing to a Japanese person.