Front view is confusing

[rminderhoud]

Godot version:
6faa96f (April 24th)

Issue description:
Switching to the "Front View" in the 3D viewport points down -Z but as far as I understand the -Z is used as the forward direction (e.g. in look_at()) so you are technically looking at object from the back? So if you orient your mesh to the "front view" and then technically your mesh is backwards.

Causes confusion:

• Coordinate System Feature Request #16088
• Default forward axis Z+ or -Z? #15283
• https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/7uliqi/look_at_looks_exactly_at_the_opposite_direction/

Steps to reproduce:
Transform: 0, 0, 0
Rotation: 0, 0, 0
Mesh facing +Z

[romlok]

Perhaps it would be less confusing if "front" were renamed to "forward"?

Unfortunately, that might then cause confusion over whether the "right" view is the view to the right (same context as "forward", but incorrect), or from the right (same context as "top", and correct).

[Calinou]

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[hawkerm]

I will say this is still really confusing, and I didn't find the docs helpful here.

The right-handed graphic makes it seem like +Z should be coming out of the screen towards you, which is what you would think the 'front view' would be showing you, especially when it's gimble clearly shows a 'Z' and not a blue dot:

But as soon as you grab it and manipulate it, you indeed see that +Z is going 'into' the screen: