Thinking about a better UI
Joachim Durchholz
joachim.durchholz at munich.netsurf.de
Wed May 19 18:10:26 UTC 1999
Marcel Weiher wrote:
>
> > From: Joachim Durchholz <joachim.durchholz at munich.netsurf.de>
> > They didn't mess it up. Windows just has two command keys: Ctrl
> > and Alt. Roughly speaking, Alt is for activating the window menu and
> > Ctrl is for doing things directly without going through a menu. I
> > think this is very useful.
>
> Yes it is. The problem (I think) is that this is one modifier key
> short of what is needed, Apple and NeXT had 3 (in addition to shift).
>
> Apple Key: Menu shortcuts (Command key on NeXT)
> Option Key: Special characters (Alt Key)
> Control Key: Control characters
Ah, I forgot. Windows uses the right Alt key for special characters.
That's one of the things about Windows that I don't like though; on
German keyboards, {[]}\ are entered as special characters and live on
the 7890- keys. Whenever I have to type a Windowese pathname, it's
RightAlt-Minus for me - really wristwrenching.
Some keyboard drivers interpret Ctrl+Alt as Right-Alt to accommodate for
C (and Squeak :) ) programmers with a German keyboard.
Regards,
Joachim
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