On Thu, 27 May 2004 21:38:29 +0200, Melchior wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> * Andy Ross -- Thursday 27 May 2004 21:18: > > IMHO, we want to adhere to *either* the traditional toggle > > convention*or* the no-shift-means-down/shift-means-up idea. Using a > > combination in the default mappings is confusing. Likewise, we have > > other bindings (magnetos, flaps) that use yet another convention > > ("key pair") to indicate increase/decrease. > > Toggle is undesirable for anything that doesn't necessarily give any > feedback. Especially the gear in aircrafts without gear lever and/or > control lights. Shift/No-Shift makes more sense, is more secure, and > saves the life of hundreds of virtual passengers. Side-by-side does > only work for digits and parentheses. Letters aren't guaranteed to be > side by side on every keyboard layout. Some sick people have Dvorak > keyboards! ;-) ..another sick question; do we wanna save virtual pax lives, or do we wanna be realistic and kill'em, or do we wanna make that an option? ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel