RE: Mouse actions

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

Sorry about the blank message.

I would like to second this.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Fox, Kevin M [SMTP:KMFox@mail.bhi-erc.com]
> Sent:	Monday, March 08, 1999 12:19 PM
> To:	'gnome-list@gnome.org'; Guillermo S. Romero / unnamed / Familia
> Romero
> Subject:	RE: Mouse actions
> 
> 
> 
> > -----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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