At 1/8/2006 03:51 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: >On 8 Jan 2006 at 20:40, Owain Sutton wrote: > >> David W. Fenton wrote: >> > On 7 Jan 2006 at 22:30, Aaron Sherber wrote: >> > >> >>At 10:19 PM 1/7/2006, David W. Fenton wrote: >> >> >On 7 Jan 2006 at 19:40, Aaron Sherber wrote: >> >> >> Hmm, not sure what you mean here. The WinFin toolbar *is* >> >> >> customizable -- we just don't have an equivalent to the >> >> >> Cmd-Click master access you have on Mac. And the keystroke >> >> >> shortcut (I >> >> assume >> you mean the Alt-F-S combos, or whatever) are of course >> >> built into the >> OS, not a Finale thing. I'm a little surprised >> >> that Mac doesn't have >> something similar. > >They are not built >> >> into Windows. They are built into Microsoft >development tools. And >> >> they don't happen automatically -- you have to >assign the >> >> keystrokes >> >> >> >>Sorry, wasn't thinking straight. Of course you're right -- they are >> >>provided by the application, not the OS. I'm just so used to seeing >> >>them in every single Windows app. >> > >> > There are two reasons for that: >> > >> > 1. it's part of Microsoft's recommended UI standard. >> > >> > 2. most developers of Windows software use Microsoft development >> > tools to write their software, and the MS development tools are >> > designed to promote conformity with MS's UI standards. >> >> One of the purposes of MS's standards is to ensure that all software >> is fully-compatible with non-standard input & output systems, >> including those for use by disabled people. And I vaguely remember >> hearing that one requirement is that all functionality is available >> through keyboard commands alone, so that any peripheral that can >> create keyboard commands can be used. (For example, this is why the >> menu which appears when you click the icon in the top-left of a >> window, with its commands such as 'move', has been retained all the >> way from at least Win 3.0). > >I'm not sure if it's strictly an issue of accessibility. Sometimes >the system can boot without a mouse, and without keyboard shortcuts, >you'd be stuck. > >I, for one, am perfectly capable of using Windows with no mousing at >all.
You must never use a "drawing" program, some programs will not work without a mouse.
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