Tuesday, May 2, 2006, 12:25:04 PM, Lobo wrote:
L> On 4/28/06, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > As long as they don't turn the Suite into fatware, you (collectively) can >> have as many of these toys as you want, but IMO the default should recognise >> that I have two shift keys and I'm not an idiot, and I should get back >> exactly what I type unless I ask for something else. >> > >> > Chuck Sardeson >> > L> Apparently you are in fact an idiot, since you so carelessly throw the L> term about. Your intolerance and complete lack of understanding of the L> wide range of possibilities are remarkable. Oh, my. Your powers of perception must be truly astonishing if you can discern so much from one mere snippet of text. I was frustrated and annoyed the other day when I was trying to type a comment into the bottom of a spreadsheet, and Calc persisted in capitalizing letters I wanted as lower case, even after I corrected them. It never would have occurred to me that my moment of displeasure would rise to the level of intolerance. What *will* get me up to, and past, intolerance is to be called an "idiot" by some anonymous bully on a public mailing list just because I expressed an unshared opinion. L> Those of us who are true touch-typers and don't indulge in the bad L> habit of staring at the screen as we are inputting text can't always L> notice when the shift key doesn't register (even though it's been L> pressed). It's a matter of efficiency and mechanical error. That is L> particularly the case when working on an unfamiliar, poorly engineered L> and/or worn keyboard. Well, If I were writing this sort of stuff, I wouldn't want to be staring at the screen, either. I've never seen mastery of touch typing as a one-step ladder to the moral high ground, but that may just be the result of my newly-diagnosed impaired imagination. L> Then there are the people who _never_ use the <Shift> key or never L> turn <Caps Lock> off, and when text they supply is needed for an L> article it makes much more sense to have a simple menu item to L> correct. That particular scenario is usually the result of someone L> being an inconsiderate lazy jerk rather than being an idiot. There's a L> big difference. L> Then there are those who are genuinely trying to be helpful but are L> poor or novice typists and have submitted a short article that would L> have taken some of us only a few minutes to type but has taken them an L> hour or more to create. Just because they aren't expert typists L> doesn't make them idiots or their contributions any less valuable. The L> more tools we have to easily correct "simple" typing mistakes, the L> better the experience with the application. If you read nearly as accurately as you assert that you type, you might have noticed that I did not deny the utility of the options you describe, but asked only that I not have them thrust upon me against my will. I can't figure out whether your world is conic or pyramidal, but I think I've figured out that whatever else the rules, idiots are those who claim not to be while looking at their keys. I'm pretty fast, but I'm not quite a touch typist, so I find that watching the screen slows me down. Not to worry, though; First got Terri Schiavo wrong long-distance, too. Chuck Sardeson --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
