Re: New start up splash screen annoyance...

[David Reitter]

Drew,

On 25 Sep 2007, at 22:03, Drew Adams wrote:

> > > The doc everywhere uses `mouse-1' etc.,
> >
> > That is indeed a problem! It should be consistent across the board.
>
> And the problem is? "Everywhere uses" means that it _is_  
> consistent. Emacs
> has internal consistency in this regard.

You misunderstood me. The problem is that using something like "left  
click" in a single tooltip is inconsistent with the documentation.  
And I believe that is what you alluded to in the first place. That's  
what I acknowledged.

> Emacs need not be
> drawn down systematically to the lowest-common-denominator of  
> inferior UIs
> in the name of consistency or the principle of least surprise for  
> new users.
> Trying to accomodate external convention and new users is one  
> consideration,
> but not the only one.

Of course it is not the only consideration that counts and nobody  
ever said that.
I'm not getting drawn into such a fruitless discussion again.

About jumping to *Messages*:

> I don't have a strong opinion about that. But I don't see the  
> objection to a
> single-click in an environment where a single-click is not  
> otherwise useful.

I often find myself clicking on the echo area by accident. Perhaps  
that has to do with the fact that when the minibuffer is active, a  
click there will put the focus there. But if I'm the only one who  
makes that mistake, never mind.

> The advantage
> of `X' is that it is commonly recognized to mean close or delete.  
> (I liked
> David's suggestion to turn the `X' upside down.)

Funny!