Re: [g-a-devel]gnopernicus command keys

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

I agree with Mario here.  The idea of two profiles, one using NumPad and 
one using CapsLock, is
very attractive.  The point about CapsLock not clashing is quite true 
and my experience with
using CapsLock experimentally for this has been very positive.

- Bill

Mario Lang wrote:

> Peter Korn <Peter Korn Sun COM> writes:
>
>  
>
> > I think there are two issues here, and I think it would be helpful if
> > we discussed each separately, rather than potentially confusing them.
> >
> >  1. From the user's point of view, what is the best interface?  Do users
> >     generally prefer the existing "layering" keypad approach, do they prefer
> >     to use modifier keys with the keypad, do they prefer to use the main
> >     keyboard (presumably with modifier keys or a similar layering), or
> >     is there no clear "center" of preference?
> >    
>
> This is not easy to answer.  I think most users prefer
> if they have screen reader bindings as simple as possible,
> which will probably mean a single key (no modifiers) whenever possible.
> However, there are situations where this concept doesn't work at all,
> e.g., on laptop keyboards, which generally do not have
> a numpad (well, they have one, but it is practically
> unusable).
>
> Products like JAWS solve this by offering two destinct
> keyboard layouts, the "Desktop" and the "Laptop" layout.
> One utilized the numpad, the other uses CapsLock as Screen-reader Modifier key,
> and puts all screen reader functionality on CapsLock+somekey.
>
> The big advantage of CapsLock+somekey is that it doesn't
> clash with anything, since no standard keybinding utilizes
> CapsLock as modifier...
>
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