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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.advocacy
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- From: maynard@leah.msc.cornell.edu (Maynard J. Handley)
- Subject: Re: Multiple button mice vs keys(was: Macintosh advocacy (really!))
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.114547.9886@msc.cornell.edu>
- Sender: news@msc.cornell.edu
- Organization: Cornell-Materials-Science-Center
- References: <ibhan.722206280@husc8> <1992Nov20.000816.5458@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <By0y12.CEv@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> <1992Nov20.224855.27377@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <bmccnnll.722514592@unix1.tcd.ie>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 11:45:47 GMT
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- In article <bmccnnll.722514592@unix1.tcd.ie>, bmccnnll@unix1.tcd.ie (Barry
- McConnell) writes:
- >In <1992Nov20.224855.27377@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> jess@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jess
- >M Holle) writes:
- >
- >>It is much easier to REMIND yourself quickly without any annoying
- >possible
- >>effects. By seeing the new cursor produced by pressing a modifier key,
- >>the user knows immediately whether it is going to do what he wants before
- >>>he/she actually does it.
- >
- >That is assuming the application changes the pointer/cursor to a new
- >image
- >when the user holds down a modifier key. In my experience of working with
- >Macs,
- >they don't! Can anyone give me a few examples of applications that do
- >this, or
- >are we just talking about an ideal world here?
- >
- >Barry.
-
- Run Photoshop. Hold down the caps lock key. See the cursor change to
- crosshairs.
- Now hold down the option key. See the cursor change to the eyedropper. For
- a real thrill, hold down both the option and caps lock keys.
-
- Maynard
-