Hi, all,
On 03/10/1999, at 04:52,
Ali Martin (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
had a look around and wispered:
AM> Attention to keyboard usability with respect to apps such as e-mail
AM> clients are therefore well appreciated. Simply having a keyboard
AM> shortcut available is not enough but the most commonly used ones should
AM> be the simplest to use.
Obvious, I think?
AM>>> But the PgUp button is already there and works.
>> A time more, you're true :)))
>> But, for me, the use of the space bar is far more ergonomic, and I
>> would like to have the possibility of a reverse move, shift+sp, may,
>> for me, be the best combination.
AM> Interesting that I'm pushing for desisting from keyboard combo's. Key
AM> combo's shortcuts are used as a last resort, when the intended function
AM> will clash with another. The pgUp button is a single key to achieve an
AM> effect. I find it interesting that you prefer a key combo to a single
AM> key.
Yes, I prefer it because it would be shift+sp, I don't have to look at
the kbd to hit them. This is very different with PgUp/PgDw.
Some would refuse a scroll-wheeled mouse free of charge, I would
refuse a one year typist training, even free of charge :))))
>> You would notice, too, that the PgUp don't skip to the message before
>> when at the top of the post so, when I hit sp one time too much and go
>> to the message after, it's a long maneuver to go back.
AM> That's another thing with this space bar method of reading. You hit it
AM> to go one page down and need to go back up you have to reach for the up
AM> button. The arrow buttons are right there together however but
AM> unfortunately one has to use them with the alt button.
Even with 'alt', they can't be used to go to next or previous post.
The sp bar ability to scroll posts and to go to the next one is, for
me, very convenient. I would like to have the possibility of making
same thing in the reverse direction.
btw: I, from far, prefer the "hard" scrolling to the "smooth" one when
reading a post. I use my wheel just when I search a precise info in
it, after having have a space-barred glance, or when I reply :)
>> btw: what is this "agent" you're talking about ?
AM> It's Forte' Agent, a newsreader primarily but which may also be used as
AM> an e-mail client. I was using it as my e-mail client before changing to
AM> TB! and I still use it for newsgroups.
So, I think it's a nice product. May I download it from anywhere?
AM> It's keyboard shortcuts are well
AM> thought out. Another app with well thought out keyboard shortcuts is
AM> Opera. Very nice. Most common browsing functions are single key and are
AM> placed on the keyboard in a fashion that makes them nicely accessible
AM> for the given task. Opposing functions are mapped side by side and
AM> different single keys are used instead of key combos which are in turn
AM> reserved for less commonly done tasks.
You seem to be a shortcut lover :)))
For me, I prefer to use a mouse and keep the shortcuts for very often
used actions. In TB!, I think I use Ctrl+U and that's all!
I had liked an other one: to change the spell checker language, but
the TB! team is developing a template macro for that.
As an example, I use M$ Win every day and I use the following
shortcuts : CtrlX ; CtrlC ; CtrlV ; F12 (in Word) and Alt+F4. That's
all!
I don't really think that the arrows, or the "scrolling sp bar" are
shortcuts. I would rather call them navigation keys. Like my "reverse
scrolling Shift+Sp ;-)))
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Claude.
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