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Message #09002
really cool symmetry... BROKEN!
this e-mail letter relates to:
- Mark's alt is taken e-mail letter
- Jo's connect hud actions e-mail letter
regular users like expressive shortcuts
hItting Super once = expressive Dash shortcuts (you type Nauti to see
Nautilus, then hit enter to launch Nautilus)
hackers like cryptic shortcuts
holding Super plus hitting a key = cryptic Dash shortcuts (you hit
Super+1 to launch Nautilus)
so Super is expressive and cryptic at the same time
let's go on with the symmetry
regular users like expressive shortcuts
hItting ALT once = expressive HUD shortcuts (you type Co to see Copy,
then hit enter to copy)
hackers like cryptic shortcuts
holding CTRL plus hitting a key = cryptic HUD shortcuts (you hit CTRL+C
to copy)
ALT is expressive and CTRL is cryptic, but why? The symmetry is broken!
CTRL should be expressive and cryptic at the same time
the instructions are:
make hit CTRL once be expressive HUD shortcuts (you type Co to see Copy)
let holding CTRL plus hitting a key continue being cryptic HUD shortcuts
(you hit CTRL+C to copy)
make hit ALT once show F_ile, E_dit, S_how etc (do what it did before
HUD existed)
the instructions do:
create a rule in the user's mind
hit modifier to launch expressive gui
hold modifier, then hit a key to run cryptic action
alt is taken, Mr. Shuttleworth? free alt
connect HUD actions, Mr. Schinstad? Copy is connected to CTRL+C whether
you want it or not, let the user connect more actions to CTRL keys