On 13 Jul 2008, at 16:19, Eben Eliason wrote: > On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Brian Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> For all to consider: there are two grab buttons. What if one tended >> to >> grab + move *objects*, and the other grabs + moves >> *scenes/backgrounds*? From what I've heard, kids tend to have a hard >> time left-clicking and dragging with their same hand (as with the >> touchpad). So, for applications like Browse, both grab buttons could >> still just scroll up/down. But for graphical editors (e.g., layout >> programs, Physics, Model, anything with a scene and objects), this UI >> behavior may be a real time saver and fun to use. This would require >> giving applications the ability to process events from these two >> scroll buttons in a way that identifies them separately. > > That's an interesting idea. However, the reason there are two keys is > so that interaction works well for both left- and right-handed users, > without the need for them to cross their arms to scroll around. What > we might be able to do, though, is map an SHIFT-HAND shortcut to a > drag/drop action instead. (I suggest shift because it's the only > modified which is present on both sides of our keyboard, for the same > reason as above.)
SHIFT-HAND would be a good direct alternative to the trackpad left button. It would then be useful in many existing places/activities for drag'n'drop operations while leaving the primary HAND use for scrolling. I'd probably use SHIFT-HAND instead of the trackpad button for clicking – it's already usually a two handed operation for me to avoid confusing the touch pad. --Gary _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
