Thanks; that is what I was looking for. It sounds like keysoft is the same way as far as seemingly odd keystrokes in places, but it lacks the application-specific menu system, which is the main point of the senseNote interface that I really like.
On 6/21/10, Raul A. Gallegos <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv
