Re: scroll bar and drop down list usability

[Alan Shutko <ats acm org>]

Ken Fox <kfox@vulpes.com> writes:

> I agree that terminal emulation windows deserve special
> treatment. However, I'd also like to think they are legacy
> interfaces that shouldn't dictate the development of the rest of the
> interface.

Do you have plans for capturing their power in another interface, or
is that legacy too?

> IMHO, cut and paste are important enough to have named keys on the
> keyboard. Why we have "Scroll Lock" and "Esc" but not "Paste" is totally
> mysterious to me.

Good idea, but giving them their own keys would slow down using them
(because you'd have to move away from the home row).  C-[xcv] were
originally chosen, iirc, because they were easy to type.

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