Re: Some ideas for multiple monitors



Thats actually a pretty good idea but I tend to use the mouse. I dunno,
maybe because my mouse cord is longer than my keyboard's (ms comfort
curve 2000) and I'm often relaxed and leaned back in front of my Monitor
and therefore using my mouse a lot.

Other than that it would be more intuitive for beginners since you dont
know which key triggers which behaviour. I rarely go through keyboard
shortcuts, Im more learning by doing/experiencing and I guess most users
do the same. I think the favoring of the keyboard is also a way that
appeals mostly to programmers (just look at vi) but the less experienced
the users are, the more they tend to use the mouse.

Imho keyboard shortcuts are not bad, but mainly for advanced users which
favor the keyboard and should not be mandatory for all users to have a
good experience. Plus it could be implemented as an option and therefore
turned off if people who dont like it.

Am Mittwoch, den 05.01.2011, 19:29 -0800 schrieb Sriram Ramkrishna:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Bernhard Posselt
> <bernhard posselt gmx at> wrote:
>         
>         Now if I want to switch an app on the right screen or launch
>         an app, I
>         neither have a dock nor a panel on that screen, which means
>         that I have
>         to move my mouse all the way over to the most left spot on my
>         main
>         screen. Although its not that much of a problem imagine the
>         same thing
>         for 3 monitors with the main monitor on the most left.
> 
> 
>  Why not use the keyboard shortcut?  For me if I hit the "windows" key
> or whatever is your meta key, it will immediately go into overview
> mode.  You don't actually have to move your mouse all the way to the
> hot spot. Now it might be nice to be able to move the hot spot from
> one corner to another for left handers who do have to move across the
> screen even on a single monitor.
> 
> 
> Personally, I've tend to use the keyboard more unless I'm doing
> "window management".  But running an app is easier using the keyboard
> short cut.
> 
> 
> Since you're using more than one monitor I would guess that you know
> your work flow and fitting the keyboard would not be that much of a
> change?
> 
> 
> sri
> 

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