Robert Slover <[email protected]> writes: > It is worthwhile to read the Wikipedia article related to this > subject. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_shortcut . Note that > one of the two images used to illustrate the concept is a screenshot > of WorldWideWeb.app running on NeXTStep :-D . Note that they plainly > state that "shortcuts" are not localized, but "mnemonics" are.
I read it. > Honestly, I still prefer mnemonics/accelerators to > key-equivalents/shortcuts. The most productive menuing systems I > ever used were the Lotus-style menus in the old Borland products. > Just hit [F10] (menu), and start typing accelerators. Effectively, > *everything* was quickly navigable from the keyboard, whether a > shortcut was defined or not. Even if an accelerator was missing for > a menu entry, you could get there quickly with the arrow keys. It is > amazing how fast those sequences became muscle memory, and allowing > sequences of characters means a much greater "namespace" for keyboard > menu access inside an application. Contrast that to even the best > thought-out Mac application, where 4 or 5-key "chords" are often > necessary to get adequate shortcut coverage in any decently-sized > applicati on. Mnemonics/accelerators are good indeed. They are localizable. :) We haven't these in GNUstep applications, right? -- Regards, Paul Chany You can freely correct my English. http://csanyi-pal.info _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
