Re: [Usability]Test or analysis needed: Automatic completion

[Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 09:42, Christian Neumair wrote:
> Am Die, 2003-04-22 um 02.06 schrieb Gregory Merchan:
> > I see automatic completions of command lines and URLs being done three
> > different ways in GNOME. Briefly, these are:
> > 
> >  Epiphany-style:
> >    [...]
> >  Nautilus-style:
> >    [...]
> >  Bash-style:
> >    No completion without pressing Tab. I haven't seen this one in a while
> >    (except in bash, of course) so I'm not sure how it's being done in GUI.
> There IS an application implementing this behaviour. Just have a look at
> recent Galeon versions.
> I'm very ambivalent about it.
> Experienced and frequent bash users (like me) will LOVE it, but it's
> usage has has the following disadvantages:
> - Tab should be reserved for widget switching.

For this reason alone I'm sure the a11y team would prefer the epiphany
style.

dave