Agreed -- it's tedious to have to reconcile back to who played which side in order to determine whether a player won or lost the game based on the 1-0, 0-1, ½-½ convention.
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Arrange your games in alphabetical order for white, then it is very easy to see if you won or lost. 
But then you lose time information like how recent was the game, or what order the games were in. It's listed in one version of the game archive and the other version appears identical except for this one difference. My guess is that it was just over looked and once the staff notices it, it will be changed.
When I click "game archive" (http://www.chess.com/echess/my_archive.html) from "My Online Chess" the result of each game is also marked with "won", "lost", or "draw". This is very handy. But when I click my game archive from my detailed stats page (http://www.chess.com/echess/game_archive.html?member=Loomis), these markings are missing. It would be nice to have them there as well. :-)