Slip : sorry to say that again, but we are "Completely" opposite from maemo, and that's why we do fullscreen thing to do not "mess maemo up".

We do have basic concept, based on the basic semiotics of (left is negative, past right is positive future) so everything that is confirmation / selection / more will always be on the right... the opposite only on the left.

That said, it would not make sense to have back on the left and then a huge ok button on the left also. This is the kind of thing that would demand a lot more of changes, actually changing the whole thing.

I agree with this approach by Nokia on the mobile phones, because even with the semiotic aspect taken into account, the ergonomics aspect speaks loudly, because you do less effort to reach the left softkey / calling key, then to use the right softkey and the end key.

As much more of the use is focused on the positive side, it made sense, and I think it was quite sucessful for Nokia to do that.

The tablets for me, in widescreen orientation, are made to be used by 2 hands, so killing the best argument for having swap positions, and if you need to define a basic guideline for your work, and there's not a huge selling point for that ... you can go with the correct "academic?" way

Hope you understand our side

Marcelo