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List:       kde-panel-devel
Subject:    Re: [Panel-devel] The Plasma Keyboard
From:       Hans Oischinger <hans.oischinger () h3c ! de>
Date:       2005-08-11 17:04:28
Message-ID: 200508111904.30905.hans.oischinger () h3c ! de
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On Thursday 11 August 2005 10:09, Malcolm Dean wrote:
> Can you design PLASMA so that it is KEYBOARD-PRODUCTIVE, almost
> eliminating the need for a mouse (except for graphics applications)? Can
> you make this new interface so obvious and simple that, most of the
> time, the user's hands don't need to move from the Home Row of the
> keyboard? And can you therefore make PLASMA the most useful, fastest
> interface ever invented?
Definately a good point. It's also a reason why vi became so successfull among 
unix hackers:
You never move your fingers away from the Home row and therefore won't have to 
bend your fingers for some modifier keys.
I introduced vi-like key movement in Komposé for that reason.

I doubt that it's for plasma to make the whole desktop accessible thriought 
the keyboard's homerow. A default keyboard setup will have to make use of 
"easy to remember" shortcuts for less experienced users (in germany you don't 
learn the 10-finger system at higer schools, so I guess most people just 
don't know how they could make use of this). So it's really something for 
experienced users.
Yet, I would like to see "homerow" keyboard navigation everywhere it makes 
sense, e.g. task management. We should keep it in mind.

Greets,
	Hans
>
> Just a thought...
>
>
> Malcolm Dean
> Los Angeles
> malcolmdean-at-runbox.com
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