Re: intelligent dialogs

[Dylan Griffiths <Dylan_G bigfoot com>]

"Michael T. Babcock" wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dylan Griffiths" <Dylan_G@bigfoot.com>
> >
> > Arlo Rose wrote:
> > I think Apple would've been better to do what I have written in an
> internal
> > document for an "NG-interface," which is to say 3 buttons on the mouse --
> > labeled.  Not blank.  I was also thinking that an LCD above the function
> > keys would be beneficial so that different programs could give hints about
> > their usage (did you know that MS Explorer takes F2 to mean rename file?
> I
> > didn't, until I was asked what it did one day and decided to try it).
 
> Wouldn't it make sense to have the buttons of a mouse colour-coded or
> standardly named across the industry (instead of left/right/middle) ... like
> main, menu and alternate, or whatever?

> > document for an "NG-interface," which is to say 3 buttons on the mouse --
                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > labeled.  Not blank.  I was also thinking that an LCD above the function
^^^^^^^^^^^^

Yes.  Except I chose select/action button, context button, and
system/special button.

Mouse buttons should be labelled:
[Action]  [System]  [Context]
After all, a keyboard is labelled, why not the mouse?

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