At 18:39 8/12/2005, andre m. winter wrote: >hi, > > I don't see the drawback of disabling pan & zoom since you application > > will probably have a specific user interface for zooming & panning the > > map. Or do you mean "with as a cartographer" that there are a lot of GIS > > applications which currently use something similar? (I'm not a > > cartographer btw). > > > >take a map and let users (or yourself) zoom in. once you know there is a >ctrl+drag, you never touch the archaic "+" and "-" buttons anymore. it >really makes a difference in usablility.
Except for people (e.g. with a mobility impairment) who - can't use a mouse, or - can't use mouse and keyboard at the same time. When you think "users", don't assume that everyone is fully able-bodied. Regards, Christophe -- Christophe Strobbe K.U.Leuven - Departement of Electrical Engineering - Research Group on Document Architectures Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 - 3001 Leuven-Heverlee - BELGIUM tel: +32 16 32 85 51 http://www.docarch.be/ Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/9QUssC/lzNLAA/TtwFAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
