On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 10:14:05AM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2003-03-25T15:05:08Z, Frank Gevaerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Basically, if someone doesn't know how many keys ones keyboard has, _and_ > > he doesn't know how to count them, then I doubt he should be using a > > computer at all. > > Devil's advocate: > > A new user may not know whether to count every single key. For example, > shift doesn't do anything at all by itself, right?
Indeed. Whenever a program tells me to 'press any key', I always first try shift, control and alt. Usually, the message is clearly wrong Frank > What about my Happy > Hacking Lite's "Fn" key that's used to build the F1-F10 keys, Home, End, > etc. Does it count? Do those keys that don't physically exist, but are > generated when you're holding down "Fn" count? Good question. My guess would be that they do count, but it isn't obvious at all. Frank > Frankly, *I* have to look up my keyboard specs when I install X (which > happens, maybe, once every 1.5 years or so), because the answer isn't nearly > as straightforward as just counting the physical buttons. > -- > Kirk Strauser > In Googlis non est, ergo non est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
