[haiku-bugs] [Haiku] #7063: Shortcut to new window resizing method isn't ideal from a usability p.o.v.
- From: "Meanwhile" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:39:20 -0000
#7063: Shortcut to new window resizing method isn't ideal from a usability
p.o.v.
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Reporter: Meanwhile | Owner: axeld
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Servers/app_server | Version: R1/alpha2
Keywords: | Blocked By:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
Blocking: |
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Haiku's new (extra) method for window resizing works with a Ctrl-Alt-
Leftclick shortcut. [[BR]]
At the same time, Haiku's Team Monitor is (as always) brought up on screen
with the key combination Ctrl-Alt-Del, which is a good choice, as it's
possibly the best known (or the only one known) keyboard shortcut among
many computer users that have worked with Windows, where it's also used in
the same situation (when something seems to have frozen or gone
wrong).[[BR]]
The Ctrl-Alt-Del combination may in many cases be operated by both hands:
the fingers on the left hand are pressing the Ctrl and Alt keys on the
left side of the keyboard, while the fingers on the right hand will press
the Delete key, which is laid out on the right side of the keyboard.
In cases where the user's mouse happens to be located above a Tracker
window during this action, it takes only a fraction of a second in between
the action of the left hand (pressing the Ctrl and Alt keys) and the
following action of the right hand (pressing the Delete key) to show up a
highlighted part of the window edge belonging to the window that happens
to be below the user's cursor. This highlighting acts as a visual guide
for the window resizing feature.
So, there you have two functionalities interfering (Task manager and
window resizing), causing confusion to the user who may already be vexed
because he had to resort to the Task Manager, or at least thought he had
to do so.
To not potentially add another question mark (or even exclamation mark)
above the user's head (See also
http://echelog.matzon.dk/logs/browse/haiku/1292108400 at 19:35:39), I
suggest that another keyboard shortcut be used for the resizing method.
A choice that keeps the advantages and character of the present shortcut
would be Ctrl-Win-Leftclick (where Win is the Windows key). Suitable
because a keyboard has these Winkeys on the left and on the right of the
spacebar, just like the Alt keys exist both left and right of the
spacebar.
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