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- Subject: Re: Dialog Box Proposal Part 1
- Date: Tue, 05 Jul 1994 09:29:10 +1000
- From: Warwick Allison <warwick@cs.uq.oz.au>
- Precedence: bulk
-
- Mark Baker wrote:
- >Warwick:
- > > Should shortcuts be automatically generated? I suggest they should not.
-
- >I agree, something like let'em fly generates really stupid shortcuts
- >sometimes, and it generates shortcuts for things like members of a
- >list box. IMO they should only be provided where the programmer wants
- >them and not at all otherwise.
-
- The other concern is that it takes programmer control to construct a
- CONSISTENT shortcut system. For example, Alt-N for `Next' in every
- dialog, even if there just happens to be other selectable objects
- earlier in the form that start with N.
-
- Shortcuts without consistency are difficult to learn, and dangerous.
- [extreme eg. `N' for `Now' in a Format Disk dialog where the rest of
- the program uses it for `No'].
-
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- Warwick
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