Well, for starter's and maybew I have missed this bit...how can I get a
spot, or get to the spot window without a mouse. Seems like I need to have
a mouse to do that. And for me having to leave the keyboard to grab a mouse
for almost anything takes significantly more time than any combination of
keystrokes. For casual DX-ing it is OK, but if I am in a contest...it may
well add up to QDO's lost. (well maybe when I get better :0 )
Chris N1XS
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-writelog@contesting.com
[mailto:owner-writelog@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Marty Tippin
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 9:35 PM
To: writelog@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] New Feature Suggestion
You can already do quite a bit in WriteLog without a mouse.
What *specifically* do you want to do with the keyboard that you can't? And
what would be the suggested keyboard shortcut for doing those things?
If a request like this is to be taken seriously by the developer, you need
to have concrete examples of what you want changed. Just saying you'd like
to "not use the mouse" isn't going to result in an enhancement request that
will ever be acted upon.
Keep in mind too that WriteLog is a Windows program, not a DOS program, and
as such makes extensive use of the mouse and keyboard. I guess I'm just too
brainwashed on Windows, as I never give a thought to whether I'm using the
mouse or the keyboard - I use whichever one is appropriate for the task at
hand. So even if some additional keyboard shortcuts were added to the
program, I doubt I'd pay any attention to them.
The general convention in Windows programming has always been to provide a
keyboard method for doing anything you can do on the mouse (generally
intended for people with disabilities who might not be able to use a mouse,
not to make the program "easier" to use) -- but when is the last time you
tried to move or resize a window using only the keyboard? Sure, it can be
done but it's painful and slow...
-Marty NW0L
martyt@pobox.com
At 09:17 PM 3/20/01 -0500, Chris Terkla wrote:
>To me, this would be an important improvement
>
>Chris N1XS
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-writelog@contesting.com
>[mailto:owner-writelog@contesting.com]On Behalf Of ARS NZ3O (Byron)
>FM29fx
>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 9:40 PM
>To: writelog@contesting.com
>Subject: [WriteLog] New Feature Suggestion
>
>
>
>I would like to see the next release of WRITElog
>capable of operating an entire contest without a mouse.
>
>Or even five or six minutes...
>
>Byron
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