Re: [Usability] "Input Methods" and "Insert Unicode Control

[Matthew Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

Em 3 Aug, 2005, às 9:50 PM, Todd Chambery escreveu:
> It's not a case where having the menus means a loss of productivity on
> my part, but rather a recognition that for the vast majority of the
> English-speaking world (as evidenced by the lack of these menus on an
> American English MS Windows installation)

Equivalent menu items have been standard in the shortcut menus for 
Windows text fields since Windows 2000. (Possibly it depends on what 
language input methods you have installed.)

>                                           these menus will never be
> used, and may rightly be called "clutter".
>
> There are plenty of options on many menus that get little use, but the
> context menu is invoked frequently,
> ...

Actually, if the people I've watched using computers are a 
representative sample, "the vast majority of the English-speaking 
world" doesn't use context menus at all.

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Matthew Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/