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Re: LYNX-DEV new command: 123 g
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Philip Webb |
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Re: LYNX-DEV new command: 123 g |
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Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:57:21 -0400 (EDT) |
970423 Al Gilman wrote:
--- lots snipped ---
> I really need your comments to understand the problem, because in
> my mind the PGUP, PGDN, HOME and END keys don't exist and I don't
> miss 'em. --- more snipped ---
>
> Now that we have control-A and control-E synonyms for HOME and END
> as well as 'b' and <SPACE> for PGUP and PGDN
> I am not sure there is a residual paging problem.
>
> Note: I myself would simply change the behavior to
> move-cursor-to-link-of-number and suffer the screams as people learn
> that now they have to hit <CR><CR> to get to the HREFed resource.
--- more snipped ---
> It is more logical. It is minimally slower, because your hand is
> right there at the <CR> key anyway.
several points arise:
(1) anything which follows is subject to comment from blind users;
(2) `logical' != `practical': as things stand, i can select a link number,
enter it, hit Return, and go straight there: this is true
whether or not it's on the presently displayed screen;
under AG's proposal, if the link is NOT on the displayed screen,
after hitting Return (1st time) i would have to wait
while my 2400-baud connection scrolls thro' the new screen
before it goes off & gets the link for me,
& wherever the link is i would have to hit Return twice.
on the other hand, Kurt's behaviour is beautifully simple:
123 Return moves me to the link, bringing up a new screen if necessary,
123g Return blasts straight off into cyberspace with no scrolling.
(3) it seems that people use different keyboards:
in my innocence i thought everyone used a standard 101-key board.
of my 101 keys i use only the regular qwerty area + the 4 arrows at right
+ occasionally PageUp PageDown which move the display 2 lines up or down.
numbered links are entered from the top row of qwerty,
while ^A ^E space - get me top bottom next back ;
the numeric pad is (literally) covered in dust;
the F-keys get used for other things, as do Insert Delete Home End ,
but not for Lynx.
i'ld still like to hear from Kurt what the status of his proposal is:
up-and-running code or a glint in his eye?
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- LYNX-DEV New code for testing, Klaus Weide, 1997/04/22
- Re: LYNX-DEV New code for testing, Mike Brown, 1997/04/22
- Re: LYNX-DEV New code for testing, Klaus Weide, 1997/04/22
- LYNX-DEV new command: 123 g, Philip Webb, 1997/04/23
- Re: LYNX-DEV new command: 123 g, Al Gilman, 1997/04/23
- Re: LYNX-DEV new command: 123 g, Mike Brown, 1997/04/23
- Re: LYNX-DEV new command: 123 g, Al Gilman, 1997/04/23
- Re: LYNX-DEV new command: 123 g,
Philip Webb <=
- Re: LYNX-DEV new command: 123 g, Al Gilman, 1997/04/23
- LYNX-DEV Updated devel code (was: new command: 123 g), Klaus Weide, 1997/04/24
- LYNX-DEV new command: 123g, Philip Webb, 1997/04/24
- Re: LYNX-DEV new command: 123 g, JDD, 1997/04/25
- Re: LYNX-DEV new command: 123 g, Klaus Weide, 1997/04/23