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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Left Handed
From:       Gerry Gavigan <gerryg () uklinux ! net>
Date:       2005-09-04 11:53:16
Message-ID: 200509041253.16574.gerryg () uklinux ! net
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again thank you for considering this seriously - I don't think I 've described 
why I've contacted you very well but I wonder if I might point you to 
www.anythinglefthanded.co.uk - for the content not the sales

While I am aware that I am talking to experts I wonder if you might give me a 
little more mileage on this before dismissing?
 For exampleon the tabs on konqueror - perhaps if you were to consider a 
left-handed ruler (they do exist - I own one) it might inofrm why the red and 
green increase/decrease tabs encourage me to do things the wrong way around - 
they're so useful they hinder left handers

I would be happy to prepare a paper on the issues even if the outcome is the 
same - if you thought it were worth considering?


On Sunday 04 September 2005 12:34, Thomas Zander wrote:
> We came to the conclusion that your proposal does not work very well on a
> larger scale.  So I decided to not carry on with it.
> The position of the close-tab button is direcly related to the close
> button on the window and the ordering of the ok/cancel buttons.
> Mac, for example, switches all of those around but its not meant for
> left-handed people.
>
> So I suggest you try out the mac-profile (in the kpersonalizer) since
> IIRC it reverses it for you.
>
> In short; I am pretty sure your problem is a personal one and does not
> scale for all hard-left handed people.
>
> On Friday 02 September 2005 19:55, Gerry Gavigan wrote:
> > I am grateful for your answer
> >
> > > I'll talk to the accessibility guys today on this subject to see
> > > what is going on in this area and how to attack it at  a basic
> > > level. But your bugreports on those issues are more then
> > > appreciated!
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