Dnia 08-06-2005, śro o godzinie 20:02 +0200, Samuel Abels napisał: > In releases before 1.7.1 the Control key was associated with pagewise > scrolling. The question is > > - whether we want this feature back and > - which key should be reserved for that > > to make it consistent over the desktop. > > My personal opinion is that the feature does not only accelerate > scrolling, it is also really useful for people (like me) who easily get > the widespread "carpal tunnel syndrome", which is often caused by using > the scroll wheel. (Sorry, I haven't found an English language source to > backup that claim, but this German language site confirms that the > scrollbar is often the cause: > http://www.bva.bund.de/aufgaben/win/beitraege/00143/ )
Note that even better idea (IMHO) is to support "middle-click triggers autoscroll mode". Galeon does that, and it's one of the features I miss from Epi enough to not even consider switching. Cheers, Maciej -- Maciej Katafiasz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
