Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > SJS wrote: > >> Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. >> >> I suppose I really want a per-application policy. > > Actually, if we're on wishlists ... > > What I *really* want is for a window manager to scatter windows like > expose, but do it in *tiles* so that the same application always goes to > the same tile. That way muscle memory (and/or hotkeys) can get me my > window. It's one of the things that I love about Quicksilver: > splat-splat-f-enter gets me Firefox. splat-splat-t-enter gets me > thunderbird, etc. No mouse stupidity; no moving hands off the keyboard > to change windows; no *thinking* required (yes, I know about the various > splat-tab (alt-tab on Windows?) things, but they still require that I > *look* at something to see how many tabs I need to press). It's all in > muscle memory. > > It's now so ingrained that it's painful to use a UI without > Quicksilver. :( > > Also, I wish knew how to program the UI so that I could move my cursor > using the numeric keypad. By splitting the screen into overlapping > thirds, you can get pretty specific with only about 4 keypresses. I > imagine it would be really fast once your muscles got used to it. 4 > keypresses can get you from 2560 pixels to less than 32. Eventually you > would just "know" exactly how to get your cursor to any specific point > on the screen.
That was entertaining .. I just went hunting and discovered that 'splat' is a nickname for the apple "cmd" key (because of the cloverleaf symbol, which looks like a bug-splat, maybe?). Are there nicknames for other keys? Your keypad-positioning idea sounds really neat -- are there not people who could take that suggestion and run with it? Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
