Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] what's wrong with glame
From: Iain Sandoe (iain_AT_sandoe.co.uk)
Date: Fri Jul 27 2001 - 21:29:00 EEST
On Fri, Jul 27, 2001, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 02:08:12PM +0100, Iain Sandoe wrote:
>> order. [Iain rates the probability approx. = 0.5 * sqrt(bugger all) ]
>
> Possibly a bit of a high estimate ;)
>
>> an Audio HIG?
>
> I would be nice, but even getting people to agree on simple things, is
> hard in the UNIX world. eg. what the buttons do, obviously its:
>
> left: select
> middle: move
> right: menu
>
> and anyone who says otherwise is just wrong ;)
but seriously folks ...
Yes, this is a hobby... but a lot of us do these things 'properly' for a
day-job - so why not in the evening?
Ergonomics is important to the end-user.... e.g.
Why don't I like the <CNTL>-{x,c,v} keys on Linux & M$ - is it because they
are 'different' from the <CMD>-{x,c,v} on MacOS?
Nope. It's because the <CMD> key (placed where the <ALT> key is on a PC
keyboard) is less of a stretch for one-handed operation.
If I do lots of cut-and-paste (or repeated paste) on Linux or M$ I get
severe hand/wrist ache ... which I *don't* get on MacOS...
so why don't we use the <ALT> key as the copy/cut/paste modifier?
Iain.
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