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- From: Michael_Nolte@k.maus.de (Michael Nolte)
- Subject: Re: reader's digest
- Date: Sun, 19 Jun 94 17:12:00 GMT
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- Ofir:
- >How about Revert?
- reLOAD tells me more than reVERT.
-
- (CTRL-W for what...)
- >So what shall we do about this?
- Use CTRL-W for cycle windows. This is needed more often than close window.
- "Close window" on CTRL-W is a no-no.
-
- >I don't care which it is as long as everybody use the same thing.
- This time Apple was wrong. BTW: What is all this "Apple did it, so it's
- gotta be good" crap about anyway. Next thing you know you're goning to
- want the Mac fiel system, or what?
-
- >I will look at dividing the proposal into application specific topics.
- Before you do that, can we please get done with the system wide standard.
- I will refuse to accept anything that's APP-specific before we have the
- systemwide standard done.
-
- Waldi Ravens:
- >- Using CTRL-Q for 'quit', CTRL-W for 'cycle' etc. is kind of difficult
- >if one is developping terminal software.
- Anybody who's good enough to write a terminal software, will surely be
- able to find an appropriate solution.
- >- Current customers will complain if all/most shortcuts will be changed
- >in the next release.
- They may complain, but I wouldn't accept this excuse from anybody. Tell
- your users, that the new standard has the advantage, that they will find
- the same shortcut for a function in every application, which makes their
- system easier to use, than now. Example: User has two programs. One is
- your's and uses ALT-Q for "Quit", while the other already uses CTRL-Q as
- in the new standard. Simply tell the customer, that it's better for him if
- you change your program to CTRL-Q, because now he will only have to
- remember one shortcut instead of two.
- If all fails, tell him, that you would run into severe problems, and you
- would risk compatibility if you don't use the standard. And that wouldn't
- even be a lie.
- >From a users point of view, have a look at your own words:
- >> Vincent Lefevre:
- >>> closing a window is more frequent than cycling windows.
- >> That may be true for you, but generally it's the other way around.
- I'm not saying that, just because it goes for me. It's simply true in
- general.
-
- Bye-bye Mike
-