bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) (08/29/90)
I do not like the placement of the control key on the extended keyboard (way down on bottom) and prefer its placement on the standard keyboard (to left). What does one miss by getting a standard rather than extended keyboard. Are the function keys really of much use? What programs use them? Paul DuBois dubois@primate.wisc.edu
bhall@pbs.org (Dark Star) (08/30/90)
In article <3005@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>, bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes: > What does one miss by getting a standard rather than extended > keyboard. Are the function keys really of much use? What programs use > them? For me they are most useful in terminal emulation programs. That's about the only time that I use the control key also. I agree that the control is then a little too far away to be convenient so I used MicroPhone II's preferences to use the option key as the control key. I think that the arrow keys are in a better place in the extended keyboard. People that use QuickKeys or some other macro program can usually define the function keys to do all sorts of things (HyperCard can do this too). -- Bruce Hall Domain: bhall@pbs.org Public Broadcasting Service UUCP:...{uupsi,vrdxhq,csed-1,ida.org}!pbs!bhall Phone: 703/739-5048 "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes" - Oscar Wilde
dittman@skbat.csc.ti.com (Eric Dittman) (08/30/90)
In article <3005@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>, bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes: > I do not like the placement of the control key on the extended keyboard > (way down on bottom) and prefer its placement on the standard keyboard > (to left). What does one miss by getting a standard rather than extended > keyboard. Are the function keys really of much use? What programs use > them? Paul, I modified my extended keyboard to have control and caps lock swapped (very easy to do), but I also had a Datadesk Switchboard on my Mac Plus. I tried the Datadesk Switchboard on the IIfx and liked the feel so much (plus the control and caps lock can be swapped via a dip switch) that I now have the Switchboard on the IIfx and the original keyboard back on the Plus. I'm currently working on an easy instruction list with resources for the system file to distribute so others can swap the keys on the ADB extended if they want without having to modify the resources themselves. Eric Dittman Texas Instruments - Component Test Facility dittman@skitzo.csc.ti.com dittman@skbat.csc.ti.com Disclaimer: I don't speak for Texas Instruments or the Component Test Facility. I don't even speak for myself.
englund@snoopy.Colorado.EDU (ENGLUND TODD CHARLES) (09/01/90)
In article <3005@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes: >Are the function keys really of much use? What programs use >them? Whether the function keys are useful or not really depends upon how much use you can make of command macros. Most software which will support Undo, Cut Copy, or Paste will allow function keys F1 - F4 to be used instead. The real value of function keys is that they give you more keys that you can assign commands (or series of commands) to using programs such as Quickeys, Tempo II, or MacroMaker. Although these programs can assign macros to non function keys also, in many cases other keyboard combinations are already taken by software. With any of these macro programs commands can be assigned to any program. They can be global or limited to a certain application, and can often save much time and effort. -Todd englund@snoopy.colorado.edu englund@spot.colorado.edu