-->consistency. #1 rule for interface design... yea! marius. Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > > On Jan 31, 2008, at 5:33 PM, Roman Haefeli wrote: > >> On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 17:02 -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >>> On Jan 27, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Georg Holzmann wrote: >>> >>>> marius schebella schrieb: >>>>> let me ask the other way? why has pd to behave different than every >>>>> other program on my computer? >>>> >>>> Yes, I also don't understand this ... >>>> Although there might be a workaround, newbies (and even me as not >>>> so new >>>> newbie) don't know this and are only irritated. >>> >>> That feature also drives me nuts. I think it could be useful, but it >>> should be something that is a preference that can be controlled by >>> messages. That way you can turn it on only when you are performing, >>> for example. Then it would be useful. >>> >> >> what's bad about using 'shift'? i don't get it. > > I never remember that it is an option. No other app does that. I don't > want to have to think about basic key commands, they should just work. > NeXTSTEP (which Mac OS X is, basically) is really good about consistent > key commands throughout every app, I've been using NeXTSTEP since '94. > Once you get use to using less brain power to use your computer, so you > can use your brain for more interesting things, it's hard to go back. > > .hc > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one > chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better > language; and every chapter must be so translated.... -John Donne > > >
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