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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 94 21:45:47 +0100
From: nj1@ukc.ac.uk
To: gem-list@world.std.com
Subject: Re: Proposal 6
Precedence: bulk
Chris:
>On Fri, 17 Jun 1994, Alexander Clauss wrote:
>
>
> >> Ctrl-A = Deselect marked (all), i.e. "Abandon" selection
> >> Shift-Ctrl-A = Select all
> >I support this method. I think T. Miller also supports it. That makes
> >three. Anyone else?
>I support it.
Me too.
> >> You just selected the whole text with Ctrl-A. If you type any letter now,
> >> 7up will ask in an alert box if you really want to overwrite the whole
> >> text. 7up doesn't ask, if you delete, cut or move the marked text.
>
>No! I hate the "throw another dialog box at the problem" solution. It
>reminds me of the Mac disk formatting 3 dialog nightmare. Next there
>will be the "are you really sure you want to do that?" dialog, then we'll
>see a dialog after every keypress asking "did you really mean to type the
>letter g?" I prefer the other way.
Exactly - safety guards like this are an excuse for poor design.... The answer
is to get rid of the Windows/Mac 'big cursor' motion.... It really is a pain
when it comes to writing long documents - in File Selectors it is fine, but
otherwise, forget it.
Chris, I see what you mean about all these dialogs popping up.... I can imagine
Harry Enfield's "Now I REALLY think you didn't want to do that..." now. :)
(For those of you who haven't seen Harry Enfield, don't worry about it)
Neil.
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Neil Jones-Rodway UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Computer Science Student At Canterbury ####