Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!mcsun!sunic!draken!d88-jwa From: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Time for standard cmd-keys & menu c Message-ID: <1761@draken.nada.kth.se> Date: 25 Sep 89 11:25:09 GMT References: <15720@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <227700045@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <2062@ethz.UUCP> Reply-To: h+@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte (Yes, it's an {)) Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 23 In article <2062@ethz.UUCP> czychi@bernina.ethz.ch.UUCP (Gary Czychi) writes: >In article <227700045@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >>In reality, there are only about 5 command keys that make any sense to have >>standard. z,x,c,v,s. What does search mean in a drawing program? Or >No, I don't think so. There are two more command key equivalents which >should be mentioned and also be a part of the human interface guidelines: > [ W for close and P for print ] Well, de-facto standard should be N for New (even though english is not my native language...) as it is that way in most applications. And, of course, the "Q" for quit is important to keep ! (At least I think so). Speaking of "Q"-s, what is the reason for you wiring COmmand-Q to Shut Down in the Finder making the Human Interface Thought Police come after you ? What's the great and noble cause that says: Don't do that ? h+@nada.kth.se --