On 13 Aug 2006 at 22:11, Richard Smith wrote: > I think I was unclear about the Keypad in Sibelius. Most of the time > (laptop on the go excluded) I use the 10 key pad on the keyboard.
But I have to use the onscreen toolbar to know what the hell the keys do on the keypad. > Clicking on the "toolbar" on the screen is slower. The features I > like to have close at hand are almost all on the top tab on the > keypad (or in the right click context menu). Others working > differently or with different musical requirements might have a > different experience. In general, Sibelius works better with more > keyboard and less mousing and has extensive keyboard shortcuts. I don't like cluttering up my mind with remembering keyboard shortcuts, especially for things I use only very seldom. Thus, I depend on the visual representation to clue me in on how to accomplish a task (this is what's meant by "discoverability" when talking about UIs). -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
