[haiku-development] Re: Contribution suggestion
- From: "Chris Peel" <chrispeel.mail@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 23:42:09 -0700 (PDT)
"How about expanding the
label to "C(Esc)", or if there's room "Clr(Esc)"?"
I don't think this is necessary. Leave the label as "C" and colour the
button (orange or red are generally considered suitable colours here).
I would suggest most users nowadays know that the ESC key does a clear
entry without the need for it to be in the label. You could put "Clear Entry
[Esc]" in the Burton's tooltip I guess, if you really want belt and braces.
The iOS "PCalc" app is a great representation of a calculator app. IMO
of course.
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On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Pete Goodeve <pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 07:11:33PM +0000, SoulHunter wrote:
>> I just submitted a patch in the enhancement ticket
>> https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/9944 ,
>>
>> If you want to try it, just apply the patch to the deskcalc source and give
>> me some feedback
>>
> OK -- I did install the patch, and it looks good to me.
> My only doubt is, like you, the "C" button. I suppose people still
> do use pocket calculators -- I see plenty on Amazon -- but I dug
> my old Sharp EL-5100 out from the bottom of the drawer where
> it's been sitting for 20 years or so. It does indeed have the "C"
> button, but it's coloured red. I think this at least would be a nice
> touch.
> My preference, though, would be to remove that function from
> the keyboard 'C' entirely. As you say, leaving the option for a
> future hex mode would be useful. How about expanding the
> label to "C(Esc)", or if there's room "Clr(Esc)"?
> -- Pete --
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