On Thu, 27 May 2004 21:38:29 +0200, Melchior wrote in message
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> * Andy Ross -- Thursday 27 May 2004 21:18:
> > IMHO, we want to adhere to *either* the traditional toggle
> > convention*or* the no-shift-means-down/shift-means-up idea. Using a
> > combination in the default mappings is confusing. Likewise, we have
> > other bindings (magnetos, flaps) that use yet another convention
> > ("key pair") to indicate increase/decrease.
>
> Toggle is undesirable for anything that doesn't necessarily give any
> feedback. Especially the gear in aircrafts without gear lever and/or
> control lights. Shift/No-Shift makes more sense, is more secure, and
> saves the life of hundreds of virtual passengers. Side-by-side does
> only work for digits and parentheses. Letters aren't guaranteed to be
> side by side on every keyboard layout. Some sick people have Dvorak
> keyboards! ;-)
..another sick question; do we wanna save virtual pax lives, or do we
wanna be realistic and kill'em, or do we wanna make that an option? ;-)
--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.
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