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From: disd@hubcap.UUCP (Gary Heffelfinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WB 1.4 Enhancements, Life Without a Mouse
Message-ID: <4414@hubcap.UUCP>
Date: 13 Feb 89 22:38:20 GMT
References: <8902131734.AA11006@jade.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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From article <8902131734.AA11006@jade.berkeley.edu>, by MOLNARRM@UREGINA1.BITNET (Dennis Gorrie):
> 
> Is it true that one of WB 1.4's goals is to make the Workbench itself more
> useful?  If so, I would like to suggest it be made more useful, without the
> mouse.
> 
> I liked the mouse at first, but now I hate to take my fingers off the keyboard;

Well I've still got a love affair with my mouse after nearly 3 years.  It's 
just right for a number of things.  But...

> Has everyone here tried FuncKey?  It is a macro program that also lets you
> assign keys to cycle through all the windows and screens currently running
> on your system.  I wish WB had this capability built into it.  Also, how about

Ah, but that's the beauty of a well designed OS.  Programs like FuncKey
can run in harmony with nature.  It's not necessary to burden the
Workbench code with something not everyone needs or wants, when small
programs like FuncKey and Dmouse will do the trick.  Modularization is
good.  Monolithic programs are bad.

> It would be nice if all program menus, including  Workbench, had
> amiga-key menu short-cuts.  
I'll second this heartily.  I've never quite understood this lack since
Intuition makes it so easy.

> Each program should also assign a Help key to show
> you a window with all the current keyboard short-cuts.    Right now, it seems
> that only HALF of productivity programs have this feature.
Yeah, Workbench could benefit from some online help, I guess.  But whether
or not individual programs have help screens has nothing to do with WB
1.4.

> Finally, I suspect other people have invented ways to make their meese
> obsolete.  I would like to hear about them.
If you're referring to Ed Meese, I'll second your request.  :-)  As for
the Amiga mouse, they'll have to pry mine out of my cold, dead fingers.
:-)

Gary








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