Hello Allie,
On Sunday, February 13, 2000 at 09:16:07 GMT -0500 (which was 6:16 AM where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 02:38:35 -0800, Januk Aggarwal wrote:
> Moving back and forth from an editor or word processor with
> the standard cursor movements limitations etc. is no problem
> whatsoever. I guess it's like speaking two languages fluently.
Which was my point to Steve. It might be hard to see the logic
behind one or the other, but that doesn't make either of them bad.
If one doesn't like TB's keyboard interface, they should go use a
different product and not screw up the one we've got here.
> TB!'s keyboard navigation is another thing for me. I resist
> learning it because I simply *KNOW* that there is no reason whatsoever
> for it to be so cranky and awkward.
It is awkward for me, considering I use a standard English keyboard,
and so I'm not used to double modifiers and the such. But for people
who are used to languages with many more symbols than English, is it
really that bad? The keyboard mappings need to be better documented,
but that's a given, and the list that's on the website is getting to
be not too bad.
> There would have been no problems
> if the most used functions were given easily used (single key)
> keyboard shortcuts but the worst move of them all was to give the
> 'quick search' facility 26 keyboard shortcuts that could have been
> used for other things. :(
I agree wholeheartedly, but I understand the logic. Consider for a
moment that to access Quick Search, one had to press Q or Shift-Q, or
something. Then what's the real difference between a 'Quick Search'
and a regular search? Personally I prefer using the regular search
more, so I wouldn't mind if the Quick Search feature went the way of
the dinosaur. But as you and others have pointed out, it is a useful
feature for some.
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Thanks for writing
Januk
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under Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A
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