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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: key activated toolbars
From:       William Leese <william () leese ! nl>
Date:       2003-11-18 20:45:11
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Casey Allen Shobe wrote:

>On Tue, November 18 2003 15:36, William Leese wrote:
>  
>
>>Now, instead of doing all the mousing about you'd press (for example)
>>Ctrl and a toolbar will be displayed directly below your cursor. You
>>select Bold, type the word, deselect Bold and press Ctrl once again to
>>make the toolbar disappear.
>>    
>>
>
>What's wrong with ctrl-B, etc. shortcuts?  Much easier both from user and 
>development perspective, IMHO.  If you don't want to use the mouse, there are 
>plenty of keyboard accelerators available.
>
Visibility and learnability: it's much easier to teach someone to press 
a single key than to have them learn 5 key combinations.

    - William
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