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- From: patlee@panix.com (Patrick Lee)
- Subject: Re: Turbo Vision Keys?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.042814.25393@panix.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 04:28:14 GMT
- References: <724675113.AA00819@contrast.wlink.nl> <1992Dec21.120639.3977@kth.se> <1992Dec22.092853.327@lincoln.ac.nz>
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- In article <1992Dec22.092853.327@lincoln.ac.nz> cachoo@lincoln.ac.nz writes:
- >
- > for many thousands of hours, I still make the mistake ocassionaly. I
- > wonder how this standard came to be and why. There doesn't seem to be any
- > logical reason. Is it because MS Windows uses it?
-
- Macintosh uses the Tab key to move between fields and Enter to
- accept the current dialog box. It isn't all that illogical and
- can save a great deal of time when the user only needs to change
- one field out of many. If done without a mouse, it will take
- many Enters before the user gets to the accept bottom. But if
- Enter automatically accepts it, then many keystrokes are saved.
-
- It may not be a standard created by any one company, but using
- the Tab key to move between fields is certainly a de facto
- standard.
-
- Patrick
- <patlee@panix.com>
-