Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 22:55:27 +0200 From: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft the GUI King (was Re: ATT Unix for Windows) Message-ID: <19970903225527.53357@grendel.IAEhv.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970903080933.22340A-100000@harlie.bfd.com>; from Eric J. Schwertfeger on Wed, Sep 03, 1997 at 08:16:55AM -0700 References: <199709030704.BAA12723@obie.softweyr.ml.org> <Pine.BSF.3.95.970903080933.22340A-100000@harlie.bfd.com>
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Eric J. Schwertfeger shared with us: > > To expect *every* user to use the mouse to do the same is almost as silly. > Besides, that's what accellerator keys are for. One Alt-key to select the > user list, page-up/page down (or even better, start typing the name), you > get the idea. And having done stuff like that, I can tell you that if your > GUI toolkit supports it, this kind of stuff is trivial to add. Yep. Accelerator keys are a good idea. Every GUI supports them nowadays. BTW, in an earlier mail, someone asked something like "isn't VC++ hard to use due to the GUI?" and the answer is: indeed, it isn't. Actually, you can totally customize VC++. I made my own personal toolbar yesterday and you can also customize keystrokes. Compiling doesn't take that long either, even when your sources files reside on a FreeBSD server. C'mon, it isn't _that_ bad... :) Admitted, the settings menu for building your project is like applying for a car in pre-Gorbachov Russia, but let he who knows all GCC options by heart step forward and announce himself. > I can even do just about everything I ever need to do on Win95 > without a mouse. REPEAT <Alt-F4> UNTIL screen gets gray <Enter> <Ctrl-Alt-Delete> <Tab> <Enter> works as well. :) - Peter
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