atw: Re: To press while... or hold?
- From: "Matilda Reich" <matildar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 14:44:55 +1100
Craig is spot on.....always stick to the KISS principle. (Dont use words
with more than three syllables) This is why a Conventions section at the
front can deal with this in one fell swoop for the whole document.
Perhaps Nigel submitted his question with his tongue pressed firmly in his
cheek - knowing what a pedantic lot we can be and our love (or puke) of
detail.
Matilda Reich :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Hadden <CraigH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:25 AM
Subject: atw: Re: To press while... or hold?
> For a user to get a combination such as Shift+click to work, I'd like to
> point out that the action is both sequential *and* simultaneous. It's
> sequential in that the user has to first press (and hold) Shift, then
click
> with the mouse, then release Shift, and it's simultaneous in that the
click
> occurs while Shift is being held down.
>
> (However, telling users that it's simultaneous would be risky because many
> of them would try to press Shift and click with the mouse at exactly the
> same time, thereby often failing to Shift+click correctly.)
>
> Regards,
> Craig
>
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