On Feb 19, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Adam Golding wrote:
On the other hand, maybe i'm just so
addicted to keyboard shortcuts that I can't realize that using the
mouse
*could* be fast too? I have the same issues with removing
articulations.
Not to dissuade you from keyboard shortcuts, but the speed of working
with a mouse is highly hardware and software ballistics dependent. It
can be quite fast, and it is visually intuitive. (There is no
"translation" in your brain to understand that the keyboard shortcut
is moving this thing to that place; you just visualize it and see it
on the screen. I don't mean to imply that this is the only way to
work but, for some, it may be quick because it is visually concrete.)
A quality mouse ( I use a Logitech wireless super-duper-laser-
something-or-other) and good software that makes the ballistics both
fast and finely controllable go a long way to making this kind of work
go smoothly. (I have Patterson Beams programmed on a mouse button:
drag-enclose, or click-select, click, done - a one handed operation.)
Some people find good trackballs a solution for getting across big
screen areas. I used to use a terrific Kensington one and made the
mistake of thinking that later versions were improvements when, in
fact, they weren't. The older steel roller bearings were far superior
to later teflon bearings, and I could never get the speed of response
or great feel of the original pre-USB/pre-optical one. Everything
about the older one suited me fine, but it became outdated, and I made
the mistake of doing away with it (and the associated dongle that
allowed it to communicate through a USB port).
As I have said before here: I am an upgrade whore. Sometimes that
works out; sometimes not.
Anyway, the point is Keyboard shortcuts can be a help. I use them
myself. But they don't always do everything in the most intuitive or
fastest way for everyone.
Chuck
Chuck Israels
230 North Garden Terrace
Bellingham, WA 98225-5836
phone (360) 671-3402
fax (360) 676-6055
www.chuckisraels.com
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