On Nov 13, 2009, at 7:28 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Bruce Bostwick quoted:
"'How do I print, Mr. Kahn?’ ‘How do I save?’ It’s Control-S!
It’s ALWAYS Control-S!!” — Kahn Souphanousinphone
Not if you are doomed with M$'s products in other languages. The
idiots that ported Word, Excel, etc to Portuguese _translated_
the Control-things, so that I have no idea how to cut, copy, paste,
save, etc. BTW, each M$ product uses a _different_ set of Control's.
Alberto Monteiro
Interesting that the canonical Z-X-C-V-B keyboard shortcuts weren't
carried over into other localizations. I would have expected
otherwise, given that at least the X-C-V-B arrangement has been well
established since Macintosh System 1.x back in the 128k Classic days,
and quite a few of the early generation Windows keyboard shortcuts
followed the Mac ones, simply using Control rather than Command. (And
the X-C-V shortcuts are more iconic than alphabetical, in Latin-script
languages at least, and the arrangement was particularly ergonomic, I
think, hence their use as something of a de facto standard in English-
localized platforms.) It's kind of sad that MS didn't provide an
option to use traditional key shortcuts instead of just trying (not
very well, it seems) to localize them as well.
But in my defense, it was just a quote. From a character who is known
more for his temper (and, to some degree, his prejudices and
impatience) than for his accuracy. Even if he is a systems analyst. :D
"Grotesque oppression isn't okay just because it's been
institutionalized." -- Toby Ziegler
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