On Tuesday, Sep 24, 2002, at 13:32 US/Pacific, David W. Fenton wrote: >> Another thing is that there are several Mac keyboards that don't have >> the page keys. Most notably on some PowerBooks and the "Standard" >> keyboards from the ADB era (which also didn't have function keys). It >> is essential that Mac applications support the arrow key shortcuts >> but they can optionally support the Windows type combos.
> The lack of the page keys on certain Mac keyboards demonstrates the > the real reason for this is dogma, not usability. It demonstrates that page keys are not essential to moving the insertion point through a document. The arrow keys are essential. This is proven because if you take the arrow keys away from a Wintel box, I think you'd be somewhat at a loss for complete navigation and selection facilities. But if you take the page keys away from a Mac box, there are still complete navigation and selection abilities. Another thing is it demonstrates is the scalability of the mechanism. My PowerBook 145B has 63 keys, my "Standard" 81, the two "Extended" models 105, and the iMac 108. I can use the <Modifer-Arrow> mechanism on all. > Which is what I said in the first place. I must admit, it's mighty hard to discern what you said in the first place because of the overly verbose nature of your posts. I responded to: > The PAGE DOWN key doesn't move the cursor! All it does is drive the > scrollbar, and this is one of the reasons why I was having so much > difficulty losing my place in the EDIT LYRICS window. > Is this the same on the Mac? Philip Aker http://www.aker.ca _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
