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I'm not sure what your question is. Is it the direction of shift?
My Alfine is the reverse of standard shifting (finger makes gearing easier rather harder). I'm not aware this changed in future models but could easily be wrong.
Scrabble-
Yes, other forums have it that older models SG-S500/501 have the shifing 'in reverse' (also referred to as low-normal), which I believe is your case. Newer models SG-S7000 have the shifting the other way around (referred to as top-normal), which is more like the usual MTB shifting I believe. The old/new shifters are not interchangeable, you can not use old hub and new shifter for example.
My problem, I believe, is that Gevenalle shifters allegedly use old low-normal scheme, where as what hubs I have available to me are new ones. Hence, if it won't prove otherwise, I'm fucked.
One could say I should ask same questions on other forums, however I'm not registered there, and was hoping there'd be some alfine wisdom here.
scorch
still no wisdon shared as to old/new alfine 8 models and their respective shifters... gevenalle have not come back yet either