[haiku-development] Re: Suggestion: Rename "Keyboard" to "Typing" in Preferences
- From: Matt <laceysnr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:41:25 +1000
2009/9/25 Pieter Panman <pieter@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Ryan Leavengood wrote:
>>
>> I am also a bit cautious about this approach, but if you examine the
>> deeper reasoning it starts to make more sense. Specifically the
>> ability to configure multiple similar devices differently (such as two
>> keyboards or two mice) will require some sort of list. At the moment
>> this list would be needed on possibly three different preference apps
>> (Keyboard, Mouse, Touchpad.) So at that point it starts to make sense
>> to combine them, especially since they are all pretty much in the same
>> category (input devices.)
>>
>
> +1 from me, I like that idea, just listing each input device on the left and
> having their setting views on the right. So if i were to plug in my usb
> mouse on my laptop I'd have the touchpad AND the usb mouse listed for
> configuration, next to the keyboard.
Having touchpad settings separate to mouse settings is important but
all physical mice should have the same settings as should all
keyboards. The BeOS/Haiku philosophy is to keep things simple, I
wouldn't want to have to configure each device I attached!
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