[openbeos] Re: Calculator
- From: Simon Taylor <simontaylor1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 7:59:24 +0000
>
> From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:50:47 +0200 CEST
> To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [openbeos] Re: Calculator
>
> Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Thanks for the suggestions, but I think I like the single text
> > control better,
> > because I can imagine a lot of cases where you want the expression to
> > transform into the result so that you can use it for typing the next
> > expression.
> > If you think about it, the history thing could actually be quite
> > intuitive, because
> > you're used to it from so many other situations. So the chance is
> > high you just
> > try the up arrow and voilá - there is your previous expression again!
>
> Definitely! :-)
As a visual cue that there is an expression history stored in the calculator,
how about some small up arrow/down arrow buttons to the right of the text
control? Obviously both disabled initially and the up arrow would be enabled
after the first expression was entered. That would make it obvious the app was
storing previously typed expressions.
Simon
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