[ge-talk] new way for keyboard shortcuts

[Brian Hague]

Love the idea, but I have a different approach to solving this problem...
and it wouldn't be that hard (keyboards in Qty's of 10,000 come to about $10
a piece)... now on to yet another R1+ idea

Going away from the standard AT style keyboard for a moment...
I would be willing to make two versions of a Be Keyboard... one with just
the minimum of keys, and one that is the advanced keyboard (A.K.A. the AT
style keyboard)
IMHO
The number pad doesn't need the Numlock, it should just be a number pad (no
arrows on the numbers, no other functions, other than numbers and math
functions (enter key???)).
F keys, scroll lock, Pause/Break, windows key, and the "right click" key
need to go away... at least on the beginners keyboard
Add keys for the most used functions (not the internet, e-mail, or "media"
stuff... FUNCTIONS NOT PROGRAMS!!!!) like cut, copy, paste. The functions
can be hard coded in the keyboard, and really it's not that hard to do.

I could go into more ideas that I have, but they are not appropriate for the
BeOS... it has too many legacy issues... like why are there three key
modifiers (ctrl, alt, shift) when there only needs to be two?

Maybe integrate a USB 2.0 2 port hub in the keyboard al-la Macintosh...

but then again... this is IMHO... that's what GE is for... eh?

Brian Hague

On 1/30/07, Michael Phipps <mphipps1 at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Ari Haviv wrote:
> > My solution: press control and out pops up an edit field (similar to
> > what you get if you type / in firefox) and you enter a command and hit
> > enter.
> >
> > So you'd hit control, type cut, hit enter and the selected text would be
> cut.
> > Another advantage is that you could type page down and not have to
> > reach all the way to the page down key.
>
> <teasing mode="gentle">
> Congratulations! You just reinvented Lotus 1-2-3!
> </teasing>
>
> Seriously - you hit the nail on the head about one thing - the problem
> with
> keyboard commands is that they are not intuitive. Look at using bash. A
> bash user has 100X the power that a Tracker user has. At least 100X. :-D
> But it is hard to use. So the question is, do you try to add that power to
> tracker or try to make the shell easier to use?
>
> Generally, people attempt to add the power to the UI. What I wonder,
> though, is if it would be possible and useful to add ease of use to the
> shell. Look at Google's "Quick Add" in their calendar as an example. If
> you
> haven't played with it, check it out. There is a good example of a text
> only UI done really right.
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