Re: [Usability] Modifiers + Scroll => Zoom, which modifiers to use?
- From: Maciej Katafiasz <ml mathrick org>
- To: Samuel Abels <newsgroups debain org>
- Cc: Christian Neumair <chris gnome-de org>, gnome org mgmiller net, usability gnome org
- Subject: Re: [Usability] Modifiers + Scroll => Zoom, which modifiers to use?
- Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 20:40:50 +0200
Dnia 08-06-2005, śro o godzinie 20:02 +0200, Samuel Abels napisał:
> In releases before 1.7.1 the Control key was associated with pagewise
> scrolling. The question is
>
> - whether we want this feature back and
> - which key should be reserved for that
>
> to make it consistent over the desktop.
>
> My personal opinion is that the feature does not only accelerate
> scrolling, it is also really useful for people (like me) who easily get
> the widespread "carpal tunnel syndrome", which is often caused by using
> the scroll wheel. (Sorry, I haven't found an English language source to
> backup that claim, but this German language site confirms that the
> scrollbar is often the cause:
> http://www.bva.bund.de/aufgaben/win/beitraege/00143/ )
Note that even better idea (IMHO) is to support "middle-click triggers
autoscroll mode". Galeon does that, and it's one of the features I miss
from Epi enough to not even consider switching.
Cheers,
Maciej
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Maciej Katafiasz <ml mathrick org>
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