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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: why changing keys now?
From:       Andreas Pour <pour () mieterra ! com>
Date:       2001-06-11 20:05:32
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Waldo Bastian wrote:

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> > What's special about the completely random key sequence of Alt-F4?.  It's
> > only virtue is that some of us (including me) are now hard-wired to use it
> > due to prolonged exposure to Windows.
> 
> The fact that milions of people are used to it is what makes it special. It
> has become a convention. Important factors in usability are consistency and
> predictability, by using key sequences that are common across multiple
> platforms usability is improved.
> 
> The marginal improvement of having "more intuitive key sequences" (more
> intuitive for whom?) do not offset the disadvantages of being different. When
> it comes to usability, being different comes with a high price, it is only
> worthwhile if it brings very substantial gains. That isn't the case here.

Very eloquently and persuasively put, Waldo!

Ciao,

Dre
 
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