Well, I'd like to start by saying I don't move or resize windows during
contests. I roam the band, or use a run frequency and pop over
to grab a mult between callers. At minimum, I'd want to move between
the log, spot and cw window using something with the tab key.
I don't find it easy to locate the mouse icon, anyway, so I end up
moving it around to locate it, and then have to click on it to bring
focus to the window I want. And, then, of course, I'm trying to
move to something at 3AM and somehow I've got the right mouse
button caught under something like the front panel of my PC so
it's doing something completely different and I've just moved and
resized and closed a mess of windows and I'm tired and I need
to save my log and exit and reopen things to get everything neat
again.
I would use the mouse to set up the windows the way I like them.
I would use the keyboard to operate 99% of the time. I think once
we've all used the mouse for awhile we'll agree it just isn't the
most efficient way to interface with a computer when you're doing
"heads down" taskwork. Keyboards and function keys are far
superior.
This may be blasphamy, but a CT navigation mode might be nice.
73, Byron
At 08:34 PM 3/20/2001 -0600, Marty Tippin wrote:
>
>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:
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>>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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