Knowing that Shift-arrows will be implemented eventually the point of my
message was that Bill is only considering this in a one dimensional
context: on the web. Shift-Arrow selection is a Windows standard that
has been there since day one and is how text is selected in every other
program. And believe it or not there are actually still the rare breed
of sighted users who use it because they know how much time is wasted
with their hand in perpetual motion all day back and forth between the
keyboard and mouse. This is why things like the Office suite have entire
keyboard mapping capabilities. They sure weren't put there for us.
Tom
On 11/26/2014 1:08 PM, Sam Bushman wrote:
Also you need to know for sure if browse mode is on or off and since in the
email client you are not notified of when it's turned on it's even more
difficult.
Sam
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Kingston [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 10:49 AM
To: gw-info
Subject: Re: Selecting text
Consider your email client. Most display messages in browse mode and
compose in an edit box or an equivalent in this case. Therefore,
selecting and copying text in a message you're reading and one you're
writing involve two completely different methods in two windows of the
same program.
So now we have to select one way on the net, in CHM files, and in email
messages, and another everywhere else on our system.
Tom
On 11/26/2014 12:11 PM, Bill Belew wrote:
I've been playing with selecting text in I E, and I just can't see why so
many think it's more difficult than before. I selected one line and I
selected many lines. I guess selecting one line is two keystrokes and with
the new method it's three. After one line that difference goes away. If
it's possible to also include the previous method of selecting, that would
be good. I'm kind of amazed how much folks want to hang on to old ways of
doing things. This seems like a problem, when just about everything to do
with computers is going to change and require doing things in a new way.
Bill
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