[haiku-development] Re: Suggestion: Rename "Keyboard" to "Typing" in Preferences

  • From: David McPaul <dlmcpaul@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:53:47 +1000

2009/9/24 Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:56 AM, David McPaul <dlmcpaul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> That could work if we detect what is attached to the machine and then
>> generate the name of the preference app.
>
> You generally don't ever want to do something like that. It really
> messes up consistency and a user's muscle memory. See Microsoft's
> stupid forays into "clever menus" that hide least used menu items.

I really should have added a smiley to my mail.  :-)

It was not a serious suggestion.  Luckily I kept out some of the
suggestions being bandied about in Google Chat :-)

-- 
Cheers
David

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