Saturday, July 21, 2001, 6:48:36 PM, Devid wrote:
DV> Hello TBUDL,
DV> On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 15:20:17 +0900 (which was 08:20:17 in
DV> Brussels) Yuki Taga wrote:
A>>>>>> What I miss is the option to move backwards using the
A>>>>>> spacebar as well as forwards. Couldn't SHIFT+SPACEBAR
A>>>>>> (or, better still, ALT
DV> TGM>> Alt up arrow works fine for me.
It works, but in a mail app, I'd sure like a single key rather than a
combo for scrolling around in a message. E-mail is not just short,
terse messaging anymore, if it ever was. Often messages are long and
complex, and require more than one scan. I'd leave the combos for
lesser-used apps and lesser-used functions.
>> It does work fine, however, I think a lot of TB! users are on
>> MS systems, which mean that navigation controls similar to
>> MSIE might be considered a good thing by many.
DV> So, because we (are forced to) use an MS OS, we use MSIE _and_
DV> we like the MSIE controls?? Strange assumption...
I'll ignore the sarcasm and just say that I think most people would
prefer to use a single key to navigate backwards in the message pane.
Mail is often read . . . and re-read. It is not an uncommon thing at
all. But yes, most people like the fact that they can scroll
backward or forward on a Web page using the arrow keys, as well as
the space bar for moving down. I guess Agent is my model for a well
designed navigation scheme, which MS just emulated for MSIE, I
suspect. (^_-) I think the less-used functions (like moving back in
a list, compared to moving back in a message) should require the
extra keystrokes.
>> Doubt if it will happen, but I'd much rather see a single
>> keystroke for navigating back in the display.
DV> Full key mapping by the user could be a solution here (UltraEdit
DV> has it and I like it a lot).
Never heard of it.
>> Spacebar is great for navigating forward, but I'd rather have
>> 'Page Up' work the message display itself rather than the
>> message list. Same with 'Page Down' for that matter.
DV> What key would you use to quickly navigate through the message
DV> list panel if page up/down works directly for the message
DV> display?
It's a personal preference I'm sure, but for me, I'm much more likely
to go back one pane in a message than I am to go more than one pane
or page back in a message list. So I'd rather have the combo
keystroke for the lesser-used function. Others are different I'm
sure. But if I'm going back farther than I can see in the message
list, often I'm searching by keyword, which doesn't need a navigation
stroke. As I say, Agent is my model. Others have other preferences,
I'm sure.
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Best,
Yuki
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