RE: Mouse actions

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	bob@kehs.ksd.org [SMTP:bob@kehs.ksd.org]
> Sent:	Friday, March 05, 1999 9:13 PM
> To:	Guillermo S. Romero / unnamed / Familia Romero
> Subject:	RE: Mouse actions
> 
> I like it. :)
> 
> Kevin Fox
> 
> On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Guillermo S. Romero / unnamed / Familia Romero wrote:
> 
> > >left button does menu
> > >middle button is configurable
> > >right button is the context menu
> > 
> > <nitpicking>
> > You mean one button for menu, other for context and another for direct /
> > forced /fast action. Please do not use exact names (or say they are a
> > example). Not flaming you, just trying to avoid the typical "I like
> middle"
> > "No, left".
> > </nitpicking> :]
> > 
> > >There also a menu or capplet for key excelerators 
> > >      ALT  SHIFT  CTL
> > >copy   X     0     0
> > >move   0     X     0
> > >link   0     0     X
> > >So if you hold down alt when middle draging it forces copy, if you hold
> down
> > >shift durring the drag it moves, or whatever you have configured.
> > 
> > Better than my initial idea. Your "force via key" or "use the alone
> setting"
> > is really interesting.
> > 
> > Choose button-task relation:                 Things to do with fast
> button:
> >                   1 2 3                       alone       alt  shift
> ctrl
> >      CML menu     X O O                         O   copy   O     O     X
> >      Fast action  O X O       _ Left handed     O   move   O     X     O
> >      Context menu O O X                         X   link   X     O     O
> > 
> > Looks nice. And I hope it is intuitive placed this way.
> > Everybody will be able to do things in any reasonable way (I hope).
> > 
> > >I agree with the simple rules. In windows, I allways use right drag
> because
> > >it propmts me. I can never be shure what it is doing with the left
> drag.
> > 
> > I try to use keys (c-c, c-v, c-x) or menus too.
> > 
> > Good idea the changing pointer. A small word would be enough (or 3 - 4
> > letters if the languaje is really long). Icons too, but the word would
> be
> > easy to understand: move, copy, link (Spanish mover, copiar, enlazar,
> just
> > thinking how they will look here).
> > Btw: the good reason is that user gets feedback, not that you could be
> using
> > another user account (thats a bad habbit, and once you customize your
> > environment it becomes a PITA for others).
> > 
> > Only Kevin says things? Theme closed (in which direction)?
> > 
> > GSR
> >  
> > 
> > 
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