On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 12:18, Karl Ove Hufthammer wrote: > Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> Making changes (inconsistent with other programs) to the way > programs work to make them 'easier for kids to use' will > mostly only be counter-productive. I agree with this, but I don't see Tux Paint as being severely different for other programs. The biggest differences are the use of color to indicate button state and the lack of filesystem access. > For example, I really don't like that right-clicking works the > same as left-clicking in Tux Paint. Hey, it's that way for ALL of MacOS X, no matter if you're a kid with Tux Paint or an adult with a spreadsheet. This is even without the normal physical mouse limitation. > This may lead kids to get > used to right-clicking, and get very frustrated when right- > clicking doesn't work that way in other programs (or games). Then > they'll have to unlearn to right-click and learn to left-click. > This 'feature' is really doing kids a disservice. It's an Apple conspiracy. > > As a less-expensive alternative, a trackball might > > work OK. > > Unfortunately not. Trackballs are generally much to large for > kids' hands. Even a 4-inch ball should work. _______________________________________________ Tuxpaint-dev mailing list Tuxpaint-dev@tux4kids.net http://tux4kids.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxpaint-dev
