Sameer, That is interesting information below. It is how Google Maps zooms and I always wonder why the heck they do it that way. I have been using CAD programs since scroll wheels appeared and they all map the zoom in reverse of this. Frankly, I think the CAD mapping is more psychologically ergonomic - When you roll the wheel towards yourself you are "pulling the image closer" and the roll up motion is "flicking the image away." I haven't been able to train my mind to another analogous way of thinking for Google Maps. I haven't come up with an analogous way of thinking that seems better. I have tried to think of rolling up as diving into the screen, but after more than ten years of mouse controlled zooming I have it ingrained that I am stationary and I am manipulating the world inside the monitor.
I would like to offer that just because Gnome says do it this way that it should not be locked down to that function. I would very much prefer a buggy version in this respect. Mike On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:53 AM, Sameer Sahasrabuddhe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > "Your application uses the middle button to paste the current > PRIMARY (usually the last-highlighted) selection at the pointer > position. (snipped a table about modifier keys). If you do intend > to use the middle button for a different purpose somewhere, > only do so as a shortcut for experienced users, and only for > operations that can also be performed without using the right > button or middle button." > > And also: > > "Ctrl+scrollwheel-up should zoom into the window or control under > the mouse pointer, and Ctrl+scrollwheel-down should zoom out. > Zooming in this way should not move keyboard focus to the window > or control being zoomed." > > -- Michael Ross ================================= Cycling in Central North Carolina Schwinn Voyageur 11.8 Linear LWB, Greenspeed GTO, BikeE CT, AT
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