Re: Mac fkeys
Re: Mac fkeys
- Subject: Re: Mac fkeys
- From: Laurence Harris <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:25:11 -0400
On Oct 26, 2006, at 11:30 AM, Mark Munz wrote:
I agree with Theodore, Apple has gone mad over keys leaving the 3rd
party developer and end user stuck with no customization options.
One suggestion might be to add a "User" modifier key. Apple should
then have a policy not to use the "User" modifier. This would give the
user at least the option of User-F1 or User-Opt-F1, etc.
Alternatively, they could add a "Fn" key to all the keyboards (read
Desktop) and migrate their hot keys to Fn-modifier + Key for
System-wide use, freeing up the original Cmd, Opt and F1 keys for the
user to define.
I don't think adding a key is the best answer. I think the best
answer is to have the option in System Preferences to turn them off
or change them as you can with Exposé (although that popup with every
combination on it seems like a poor interface for setting the keys
you want).
<rant>
Of course, they'll likely do neither. Instead, they'll just keep
taking more and more keys for system-wide services, some of which
aren't even worthy (do you really need to pre-define a hot key to
bring up the character palette?
I don't. I agree they go overboard. I'm in the camp that thinks
people should be able to customize their computers. They paid a lot
of money for them, they often have to use them for several hours a
day, and everyone has different work habits.
Larry _______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Xcode-users mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden