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From: garya@Solbourne.COM (Gary Aitken)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Toolkit for Open Look *and* OSF/Motif Look and Feel [why I don't believe]
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.005242.22861@Solbourne.COM>
Date: 27 Feb 91 00:52:42 GMT
Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc.
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> When the user is comfortable enough with the command set of the tool to
> know immediately which command they want, keyboard accelerators should
> be provided.  I don't want to my hands to have to leave the keyboard.
> Waving the mouse around is in my opinion the last option of a desparate
> user ;-)

Unless, of course, you can't type worth a damn, in which case what you want
is MOUSE accelerators.

For some things, like certain scrolling situations, it's far faster than
keyboard accelerators.  Ever used the middle mouse button in a Motif scroll
bar to get you somewhere fast?
-- 
Gary Aitken

Solbourne Computer Inc.    ARPA: garya@Solbourne.COM
Longmont, CO               UUCP: !{boulder,sun}!stan!garya