From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 9 20:22:20 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8187912C; Tue, 9 Oct 2012 20:22:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de [217.11.53.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 279208FC0A; Tue, 9 Oct 2012 20:22:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p5DD4506C.dip.t-dialin.net [93.212.80.108]) by mail.ebusiness-leidinger.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DAFBB844006; Tue, 9 Oct 2012 22:22:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from unknown (IO.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.12]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79CA42204; Tue, 9 Oct 2012 22:22:12 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=leidinger.net; s=outgoing-alex; t=1349814132; bh=+cDkmkVdHOXKG7S3fwY4s+rPLD3lCg5bDPwPWthaG88=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=0FrhuXIT0jQKIHJZtGystawM5E7DKPKaklgwnH4tjA73yt6L4LpKtp/re/31sDWqv zTAN4lNf5XtOsGhnbz5qIMKx5S9StXjf6C5MCVILfiEk4Q3n4tKEVIXGtWie25uEfq jqn4pq7hHjxgMoG3rkNS6trPn+EN21wiF42jBtRbtTKE2wC/+TdI6ktUFAE1CxSrf5 DnkVjWKCEicg8nlMTXiJtxrgqoxFBrJ+B94eCT8QkDkYJL9AEtfLs/JFuUcsYUMvsg Qh7WOsfSTMet8SL377AaoIuQc4hawA2x0kqaP6mfRmgIT6FhLwF2O9pGmO12Rc3fQL OJJA1kvFXDlVA== Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 22:22:10 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Devin Teske Subject: Re: New Boot Loader Menu Message-ID: <20121009222210.00007694@unknown> In-Reply-To: References: <0655B56F-AD43-402B-872C-568378E650F9@fisglobal.com> <5071D6B5.1010609@FreeBSD.org> <50726C73.10506@FreeBSD.org> <50732CB1.9080900@gmx.de> <71571815-CBF3-4B16-BA77-2828B8BA613C@fisglobal.com> <564537F0-8BB5-4036-8A81-0A3D0B179489@bsdimp.com> <4EA5C2FF-ABFA-4BA6-95CA-8E722F91999E@fisglobal.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0cvs30 (GTK+ 2.24.10; i586-pc-mingw32msvc) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-EBL-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-EBL-MailScanner-ID: DAFBB844006.A198E X-EBL-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-EBL-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, spamhaus-ZEN, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-1.735, required 6, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.00, AWL -0.62, DKIM_SIGNED 0.10, DKIM_VALID -0.10, DKIM_VALID_AU -0.10, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.01) X-EBL-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-EBL-MailScanner-Watermark: 1350418938.14689@Nl2Sw+PbJ/VGIJ5cnAwjJw X-EBL-Spam-Status: No Cc: olli hauer , devin.teske@fisglobal.com, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:22:20 -0000 On Tue, 9 Oct 2012 09:38:28 -0700 Devin Teske wrote: > On Oct 9, 2012, at 9:30 AM, Devin Teske wrote: > > I'm looking at my keyboard and nothing really sticks out. > > > > 'M' perhaps for "Back to [M]ain Menu" > > > > There is of course the obvious alternative… we have no keycode and > the user just has to press "1" (that's always been an option). Having 1 in _submenus_ always with the meaning to go back (and if it is easy to make multiple keys working for one action, the backspace key too), and maybe 8 or 9 (and maybe space if multiple keys can be used in the future) always being 'more'/'next' in _submenus_ doesn't sound bad to me. Bye, Alexander. -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID = 72077137