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From: pds@quintus.UUCP (Peter Schachte)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Re: Toolkit for Open Look *and* OSF/Motif Look and Feel [why I don't believe]
Message-ID: <1493@quintus.UUCP>
Date: 28 Feb 91 21:48:45 GMT
References: <910224211300.1528@alphalpha> <100920299@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Reply-To: pds@quintus.UUCP (Peter Schachte)
Organization: Quintus Computer Systems, Inc.
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In article <100920299@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com> ben@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Benjamin Ellsworth) writes:
>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.

That's true, bug it goes both ways:  sometimes I don't want to have to
take my hand off of the mouse.  But I don't want to have to pull down a
menu, drag down to the item I want, and release.  Too slow and clumsy.
I think Open Look's solution is good, or else pop up menus that come up
with the mouse near the item you often want.

In the case being discussed (replying to a mail message), it's probably
not so important since you're going to have to type a reply anyway, but
often it's a nuissance to move your hand from the mouse just use a
keyboard accelerator.

Ideally, an application provides for both convenient keyboard-only
operation and convenient mouse-only operation.
-- 
-Peter Schachte
pds@quintus.com
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