Re: SV: Default button in dialogs

[Michael ROGERS <M Rogers cs ucl ac uk>]

>In fact there are not that many hard-wired assumptions about the pointer
>and/or keyboard in most applications. The ones I know of are mostly 
>graphical systems that peeks & pokes in the X11 event queue.

The assumptions are in the design and the documentation as well as the 
code.

>A launcher does not need a keyboard or pointer to be useful. Imagine a
>launcher on a panel along the bottom of the screen, it would only require
>a line of buttons or a pressure sensitive area to activate an action.

In order to create a launcher, you have to specify several strings of 
text (name, tooltip, command). This requires a keyboard or something 
equivalent. In order to use the launcher, you need a way of sending an 
"activate" signal to a particular part of the screen. This requires a 
mouse or something equivalent. And in order for a launcher to be 
worthwhile, the mouse has to be more convenient than the keyboard.

Michael