taylorj@byuvax.UUCP (10/27/87)
Well, I've only seen positive comments on this so far, so I'll put on my
Dvorak hat and play the devil's advocate:
When I want to paste three copies of something, I press command-V 3 times.
The idea of typing numbers while in the middle of selecting from a menu
seems rather non-intuitive and clumsy (although I'll admit I haven't come
up with a better way of multiple pastes besides what I already mentioned).
I'd also be scared of making a mistake when I type the repeat count. If
I type 99 instead of 9, I'm in big trouble. (Unless the application was
considerate enough to keep all 99 copies selected so I could delete them.)
A more user-friendly but power-user-unfriendly option would be to have,
say, option-paste bring up a dialog box that asked how many copies you wanted
to paste.
--Jim Taylorws0n+@andrew.cmu.edu.UUCP (10/30/87)
I don't believe people are taking this seriously. Pressing a key while you
select a menu item? If you type '3' and select "Duplicate", does it make
three copies of the selection? If you type '8' and select "Save", does it
save eight copies of the document? Think for a minute.
If you want multiple pasting, how about a "Paste Multiple" menu item?
- Walt
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