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


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