Re: Mac fkeys
Re: Mac fkeys
- Subject: Re: Mac fkeys
- From: Laurence Harris <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:35:15 -0400
On Oct 26, 2006, at 12:41 PM, Mark Munz wrote:
On 10/26/06, Laurence Harris <email@hidden> wrote:
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).
But they already have -- on laptops. Apple has the Fn key on every
laptop.
True, but I see that as a necessary evil due to the reduced number of
keys on laptop keyboards. It's not something I'd want added to all
keyboards.
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.
Read my message again. I didn't say the user couldn't customize them.
Read my message again. ;-) I never said you said otherwise. I just
tend to think that if users could remove keystrokes they never use,
the resulting options would be sufficient without adding a new key.
But maybe not. Maybe users would love more primary modifiers like the
Command key. They might find them easier to use
I just said that APPLE should be pre-defining all these keys. I'm all
for letting the user customize their key shortcuts. The problem is
that that entire list is PRE-DEFINED which means that if you want to
use them, you have to remove the hot-key first, and then add it for
your customization.
My gripe is that Apple is encroaching on user's keystroke space more
and more with each new release. That leaves fewer options for the user
to customize.
I can't fault Apple for using those keys by default in most cases.
The alternative is to tell users that Mac OS X has this great new
feature, and if you want to use it, you can turn it on in System
Preferences. That sends the message that they don't think most people
will want to use it, and why should people pay for a new version of
Mac OS X to get new features most people won't want to use? So
instead they tell people that there's this new feature that very cool
and you can start using it right away.
Larry _______________________________________________
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