Exactly. That's what I had in mind. I've been placed at the top of documents without warning more than once and I've been quite annoyed. What do you all at PDI think about a toggle command?
Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed > I vaguely remember it, but don't remember all the details. Whatever the > decision would be (if any), it seems it would have to be something that an > individual user could toggle on and off, so that whoever didn't have a > problem with the chord commands could leave it as is, but whoever did could > change the option to change the append mode or thumbkeys or > whatever. Isn't it fun to brainstorm? <grin> > > Peggy > > At 08:52 PM 5/27/2004 -0400, you wrote: > >I use the previous and next key all the time so that wouldn't be good for > >me. I do wish that there was a way that an append mode could be > >implemented. A long time ago there was a discussion about this and several > >people expressed interest in such a feature. Peggy, do you remember that > >discussion? > > > >Karen > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Peggy Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > >Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:47 PM > >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed > > > > > > > I've had this kind of thing happen with several types of notetakers, and > > > not just the BN. I was wondering if there would be a place to put a > > > special chord key, that would make it easily reachable, but not a key > > > that's used for other things like the spacebar is. I can't think of where > > > that hypothetical key could be placed though. I picture it on the front > >by > > > the thumbkeys, but there's really no room. Still, if there was a place > > > that a special chord key could be easily accessed and the user could hit > > > that key and the appropriate other keys, instead of the spacebar and other > > > keys, it might help people avoid the problem many have reported of being > > > bounced out of documents or moved to another position in documents. > >Hmmmm, > > > I wonder if an option could be added to the thumbkey option to make them > >be > > > chord keys instead of doing what they normally do. I know for myself I > > > almost never use the previous and next thumbkeys. If I were one who had a > > > problem with accidental chords, I might like to have the option of using > > > one of these as a chord key. Just brainstorming as I type, wondering if > > > there's a solution to this situation. > > > > > > Peggy > > > > > > At 03:34 PM 5/27/2004 -0500, you wrote: > > > >No, this is not possible. And, it can be frustrating. > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian > > > >Albriton > > > >Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:54 PM > > > >To: Braillenote List (E-mail) > > > >Subject: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed > > > > > > > > > > > >Pardon me folks. > > > >I'm reposting this on the off chance I've missed the answers. > > > >One problem my wife has found in keying information very quickly on the > > > >Braille note. > > > >That problem is if one hits a chord by accident, one winds up out of the > > > >document and has to find one's way back. > > > >Is there a way to temporarily disable the chording function? > > > > > > > >___ > > > >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > > >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >___ > > > >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > > >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac > > > MSN Messenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > > > >___ > >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac > MSN Messenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
