On 23/11/05, BJörn Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a pesky emacs user and guess how many times I've been frustrated > that apps think Ctrl+S should be save instead of search? :) My point > is that options are bad because they have weird side-effects. What if > you tell the average user that you can use either '/' or Ctrl+F to > invoke find? Some will start using '/' to search because on English > keyboards it is one keypress less. Then they will be annoyed because > it only works in some apps and not in others because it is impossible > to make '/' as search a standard shortcut since it doesn't work when > editing text.
The solution, of course, is defining a standard behaviour that will solve all posible cases of interaction ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy ). It´s a shame that this standard exists, but it has a patent on it. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
