Hi all,
On Saturday, October 02, 1999, 5:25:22 PM (-5 GMT), Claude scribbled:
AM>> I don't get it?
> Sorry, I don't understand what you mean :-(
Open a long message. Scroll with the arrow keys alone and it's the
cursor that takes you through the message. Scroll with the alt+arrow
keys and the scrolling is cursor independent which is much better. You
see it's superiority when you wish to scroll backwards. If you scroll
with only the arrow keys, the cursor has to work it's way from the
bottom to the top of the message window before scrolling actually
starts. Scroll backwards with the alt+arrow keys and the scrolling
starts right away.
>>> It seems simpler than toggling the "scroll" to use the arrows.
>>> I feel the space bar more ergonomic, even if this is not its normal
>>> use, than the arrows, even if this is their regular job.
AM>> The scrollbar moves you from page to page but tell me which you prefer:
AM>> Open a long html message and scroll through it, or scroll through a
AM>> webpage on your browser using the arrow keys, or rptd'ly hit the
AM>> page-down button. Which method makes you read the text more smoothly?
> Well, I use a mouse scroll wheel :)))
I don't have a scroll-wheel. Alt+arrows produces the same scrolling
effect that I am referring to but for such a commonly used keyboard
shortcut, it's too cumbersome. Just the arrows alone should work.
This is a high level usability discussion here because most e-mail
clients don't provide smooth scrolling capabilities *at all*, but TB
does through the alt+arrow keys. Agent is the only client that I know
which supports cursor independent scrolling using only the arrow keys in
the message view window, while the scroll-lock key switches it to the
cursor mode.
> ... but I think you're true.
AM>> I'd say the arrow key method. The page down method isn't as nice at all.
AM>> Or are you proposing that the spacebar be used for scrolling? If so then
AM>> that's a no no. The arrow keys are for that.
> No, I thought you wanted to *replace* the spacebar by the arrows, for
> doing the same thing.
No, that's not what I mean.
> For that, I prefer the space. But now, I understand you want to have a
> *smooth* scrolling, what is an other thing. For people who don't like
> mice, yes, this may be a comfortable feature.
Your assuming that those who like mice have mice with scroll-wheels on
them. IMHO, anyway, it's really nice when you can go through your
messages using the keyboard alone. In fact I don't use the mouse at all
with Agent. I however find that I use the mouse with TB! to scroll
through messages using the scroll-bar. Yuk, but the least of all the
other yukky ways. :-))
> So, even if *I* will go on with the mouse, why not ?
> For me, a kind of "reverse space bar", acting like PgUp, would be more
> useful.
But the PgUp button is already there and works.
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-=Ali=-
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