<tt><font size=2>> From: "Jason L Tibbitts III" <tibbs@math.uh.edu></font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>> JF> Now, if the mouse pointer could also reverse
upon detecting the<br>
> JF> apparent handedness of the user, well that would be one of
the<br>
> JF> coolest UI tricks ever. <br>
> <br>
> I certainly hope not; I'm left handed and would never dream of switching<br>
> the mouse around, given that the standard arrangement is far more<br>
> advantageous to left-handed folks than it is to right-handed folks<br>
> (since your writing hand is free to actually write). I always
assumed<br>
> the standard arrangement was simply created by some anonymous lefty
in<br>
> an attempt to give them (another) advantage over right-handed folks,
and<br>
> am always baffled when a lefty wants to change it.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>I see your point, but I only write via keyboard --
I cannot organize anything on a paper and / (search) works poorly there.
:-) I do lots of CAD work and drawing with my left hand (via mouse)
whilst entering numerics and formulas at the 10-key with my right hand.
Like you, I also always assumed this was created by some covert lefty
to our advantage.</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2><br>
<br>
> On to the discussion, asking the user to press the button they usually<br>
> use for selecting things does work, but adds yet another step and
I can<br>
> see the complaints about it now.</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>No, no, no. Please no unnecessary configuration
questions for anaconda ... maybe firstboot, but that's another story. I'm
merely proposing that anaconda change like so, with this pseudo-code:</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>CURRENTLY:</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>on button-1-press of ok_button do:</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> commit_changes()</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>end;</font></tt>
<br>
<br><tt><font size=2>PROPROSED:</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>on (button-1-press or button-2-press or button-3-press)
of ok_button do:</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2> commit_changes()</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>end;</font></tt>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thus clicking anything clickable in
the anaconda UI can be done with any mouse button, regardless of position,
orientation, etc.. Once the installation is complete, such preferences
can be handled by the DE (GNOME, KDE, etc.) preferences. I'm only
proposing that anaconda "feel" already configured as comfortably
as the DE when in reality, it's not configured at all. The installer
is the one and only place where emulating a Fruity computer's single-button
mouse makes sense. Since we can't reduce the number of physical buttons,
I propose we reduce the logical number to just one.<br>
--<br>
John Florian</font>
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