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Dave Z
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 Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| Oops. Just read your opening note and I see that you have already done that. |
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Dave Z
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:53 am Post subject: |
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Oops again. I should have paid closer attention to the thread and matched names with posts. It's too humid for me to be multi-tasking.
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ms
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
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Location: Naples, Florida
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 7:11 am Post subject: |
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Bill: Thanks for the response. You don't miss much :-)
I suppose you know about an HID concept known by various names, but perhaps best as a 'pie' menu? Here's one source of info about this intriguing [and not new] idea: www.piemenus.com.
As an input concept, the idea is that as you move the mouse from a central position [accessed by the control key, I suppose], you move from the general to the particular. Further, the 'pie' is divided into wedges, or pieces, that could each be unique representations of tool groups or menu groups. As a shortly-considered example, perhaps moving to the upper right moves you into an area where polygon/bezier tools are available. One could easily visualize a transparent, pie-shaped background becoming engaged during this operation, containing memnonic hints as to area functionality.
But as to your comment that more command keys are not the answer, here I disagree; the human ability to easily adapt to keyboards, as in typing, is well explored, and plainly observed. I have noticed that in my own case I add about 5 more keys to memory each week on the extended keypad, with very little actuall effort.
[PaulH: yep, just an introduction...]
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