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From: erics@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Eric Schlegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Time for standard cmd-keys & menu c
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Date: 23 Sep 89 17:59:13 GMT
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In article <227700045@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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>In reality, there are only about 5 command keys that make any sense to have
>standard.  z,x,c,v,s.  What does search mean in a drawing program?  Or 
>a calculator?  Or any of the other miriad types of programs.

You may be missing the point, though. True, a drawing program may not 
implement a search function. BUT IF IT DID, it should use a STANDARD
key equivalent - and that's where Mac applications are lacking. My favorite
example is SuperPaint 2.0. cmd-W is near to being a standard for closing the
active window, but in SuperPaint cmd-W is "Zoom In" and cmd-J is "Close".

We do need a large selection of standard keyboard equivalents. They may
not be implemented in every application, but if the corresponding functionality
is there, so should be the keyboard equivalent.

Or at any rate, that's my $.02.

Eric Schlegel
Eric.Schlegel@dartmouth.edu
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