From: Steve Kilbane <steve@whitecrow.demon.co.uk>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re 2 button mouse + Inferno
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 22:20:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200009252120.WAA22472@whitecrow.demon.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 25 Sep 0100 13:40:33." <20000925124428.85DFB19A0F@mail>
forsyth:
> i quite like the chording (streamlined from Oberon).
> it is the first time i have detected a real difference in
> `feel' to an interface. normally the `look and feel' is mainly `look'.
> it is as if one were grabbing the text and putting it in place.
I found the context-related interpretation of button 3 to be the
nicest thing. Possibly that's because it required less dexterity
(especially on ball mice where pressing a button tended to rock/move
the mouse rather than hold the microswitch), but it's where the
interface just did what I wanted, without having to think about it.
steve
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Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-09-25 12:40 forsyth
2000-09-25 13:07 ` Mark C. Otto
2000-09-25 13:28 ` Lucio De Re
2000-09-25 15:22 ` Elliott Hughes
2000-09-26 9:14 ` Jason Ozolins
2000-09-26 10:10 ` Elliott Hughes
2000-09-25 20:20 ` Steve Kilbane [this message]
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2000-09-27 10:21 ianb
2000-09-26 10:43 ianb
2000-09-26 22:16 ` Rick Hohensee
2000-09-27 0:17 ` Boyd Roberts
2000-09-25 17:08 Russ Cox
2000-09-25 17:02 Anthony Sorace
2000-09-25 15:50 ianb
2000-09-26 9:14 ` Elliott Hughes
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2000-09-25 14:50 ` jmk
2000-09-25 15:02 ` James A. Robinson
2000-09-25 19:32 ` Skip Tavakkolian
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2000-09-25 20:38 ` Tom Duff
2000-09-26 15:32 ` Tom Duff
2000-09-25 15:16 ` Digby Tarvin
2000-09-25 13:45 ianb
2000-09-25 15:23 ` Elliott Hughes
2000-09-25 13:35 ianb
2000-09-25 15:54 ` chad
2000-09-26 5:33 ` Rick Hohensee
2000-09-26 7:21 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2000-09-25 13:26 forsyth
2000-09-25 13:14 rob pike
2000-09-25 10:44 forsyth
2000-09-25 10:19 steve.simon
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