Re: [Usability]Re: Right Click the same as Ctrl+LeftClick???

[Alan Horkan <horkana tcd ie>]

> > I would go further than that-- these days, you should be able to do
> > everything with only a mouse or only a keyboard, with the exception in
> > the latter case of tasks that do inherently require freeform gestural
> > input (like paint programs-- although Art Studio was perfectly usable on
> > the ZX Spectrum before mice were even available for it!).  And the
> > spirit (and possibly even the letter, I don't have it in front of me) of
> > the ADA 508 accessibility requirements is pretty much that the "keyboard
> > way", or any other accessible way of doing things must not be
> > unnecessarily 'slower or clunkier' than using any other input device.
>
> I could not agree more. However IMHO Windows 95 is easier to navigate
> without a mouse than Gnome2 is. There are some parts of the gui that you
> still cannot get to without my 3 buttoned friend, nevermind having a one
> button one.
>
> I know it's not gnome, but the redhat 8.0 mouse configuration dialog is
> a very poinent example. I set X to the wrong mouse, it went crazy, and i

RedHat still thinks my Microsoft Intellimouse is a generic mouse.  Ho hum.

> applications menu). Only to find that it has a tree view who's nodes i
> cannot for the life of me expand with my keyboard.

presumably you tried left right arrows (which is what microsoft uses) and
tried return, or possibly space ... but i would not be surprised if you
gave up at that point.

> Some day I'm gonna unplug my mouse and go throught gnome and file a hat
> load of usibility bugs (Alan: bring pizza ;) )

Sounds like a plan.
I think mince pies might be more seasonal tho'.

Later
Alan