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List:       kopete-devel
Subject:    Re: [Kopete-devel] Making ENTER sent
From:       Dale Weber <linuxgeek () thedynaplex ! net>
Date:       2004-01-15 22:43:40
Message-ID: 200401151443.40988.linuxgeek () thedynaplex ! net
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On Thursday 15 January 2004 12:56 pm, Jason Keirstead wrote:
> Using CTRL+Enter to send is not poor usability.

	Having it as the default is poor usability for Instant Messaging, IMO. :)

> Only people used to IRC and MSN think Enter should be send. ICQ users are
> used to CTRL+Enter. You can't say something is poor usability just because
> *you* don't like it.

	Not true.  Yahoo Messenger also allows ENTER to send a message.  I much 
prefer using ENTER to having to press the send button, which makes IM a bit 
of a pain (or at least inconvenient and less usable IMO).

	Every original (meaning from Yahoo, AOL, etc.) IM client on every protocol I 
have used has ENTER as the default to send a message.  Making a user press an 
extra key to send a message is silly. :)

> In the case of new users, it would be reasonable to expect them to think
> Enter == New Line, since every word processor they'd have every used would
> behave that way.

	IM is not word processing. :D  It does not and should not be assumed to 
behave like a word processor - bad comparison. :)

> It should also be noted that GAIMs default is also CTRL+Enter, for what it
> is worth.

	This sucks in GAIM too, IMO. :D

	8-Dale
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