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  • From: "Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>
  • To: "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] mac non use
  • Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 15:51:19 -0500

Dude. I already said that I did buy one and yes I know it works great:
https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/internetworkers/2004-November/018371.html





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Meyer [mailto:ianmeyer AT gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:27 PM
> To: Evan Zimmerman; Internetworkers:
> http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] mac non use
>
> Yeah, to get the full benefit, you have to go into the
> Universal Access prefs and turn on Full Keyboard Access, but
> its really nice.
>
> And its been my experience moving between my Mac, my mom's
> PC, PCs and Linux boxes at State, that the keyboard shortcuts
> are a lot more consistent on the Mac as well.
>
> And drop the 2 buttons OK? We get the point. You're too
> lazy/cheap to buy a $15 mouse after you just forked over many
> times that for a new computer that is otherwise better. And
> if you did fork over the cash, you'd discover that it works.
> Period. No "Windows is building a Driver Information
> Database" for the mouse, nothing. It Just Works.
>
> ~ian
>
>
> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:27:08 -0500, Evan Zimmerman
> <evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com> wrote:
> > To my understanding, that concept originated with Macs --
> you can do
> > anything with the keyboard, and there is actually a built in system
> > utility for managing key commands and creating your own that apply
> > system wide. All fully realized OS X software is replete with key
> > commands for most functions.
> > I'd even say they're more user intuitive, but that's just my bias
> > speaking I'm sure :-)
> >
> > Evan
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 12:32:21 -0500, Michael Best
> <mbest AT dasya.com> wrote:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Tony Spencer [mailto:tony AT tonyspencer.com]
> > > > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 11:09 AM
> > > > To: 'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'
> > > > Subject: RE: [internetworkers] mac non use
> > > >
> > > > who has a whole second or two to wait!? :)
> > >
> > > As I said I haven't used Macs in a while, but one thing I remeber
> > > was the lack of good keyboard support for navigation and
> commands.
> > > In most Windows programs, you can do almost anything with the
> > > keyboard and you can easily switch programs, windows,
> etc. with the keyboard.
> > >
> > > -- Michael Best
> > >
> > >
> > >
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