Hello Alex. For the most part the Sense notetakers try to mimic Windows keystrokes. However because of the amount of hot keys and shortcuts and some limitations, we can't get them all right. A good example is as follows.
The enter key is sort of like a control key. So for example in Windows Word, control-n is for new document, control-s is for save document, and control-o is for open document. The same keystrokes work in the Sense except that you substitute the enter key. I.E. enter-n, enter-s, and enter-o. Where it gets a little tricky is in the email program because the command is enter-n to check for new mail and enter-w to write a new message. I don't know about you, but when I think of control-w, E.G. enter-w, I think of closing a window. So this in my book would be an inconsistency. In the web browser it's space-s, the same as space-s in the word processor to save-as, so you can space-s in the web browser to save a web page to a file. Enter-s on the other hand is to set the current page as your home page. This to me is not consistent because when I think of save, I think enter-s. All in all though, my opinion is that 80 or 90 percent of the hot keys are as close to windows style as possible. In addition, you can always press F2 or space-m to bring up the menu for the program you are in, this is the same as pressing alt in Windows. This way if you don't know a hot key, you can arrow to the menu item and press enter on it to activate it. Hope this helps. On 6/19/2010 9:43 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > I am wondering if there are any incosistencies in the firmware? What I > mean is, are there keystrokes that do not make sense, or that do one > thing in one application but do a completely separate, and maybe > nonsensical, thing in another application? For example, on the bn > family, space-s in the wordprocessor prompts you to save the current > file. However, space-s in the calculator is a stats menu, and has > nothing to do with saving at all. I am asking on behalf of someone > else for any info on this as I have only ever used a bn. Basically, > this prospective user knows Windows, and is wondering how the > interfaces of the bn and senseNotes differ and which is better? I am > leaning toward the bsp because it seems more consistent (you always > know how to access an application's options and menus without needing > to remember seemingly random keystrokes, like you have to in keysoft), > but I am not sure if there are other inconsistencies in the bsp > firmware of which I am not aware since I am not a user. TIA! > -- Raul A. Gallegos GW Micro Technical Support And Product Specialist Voice 260-489-3671, Fax 260-489-2608 Web http://www.gwmicro.com If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv
