[pmmail-list] A couple of 2634 wish list items....

[Tim Roberts]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:45:03 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote:

>On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:45:19 -0700 (PDT), Steve Wendt wrote:
>
>>> Yep, but they are still used in OS/2 and even some X11 applications -

The situation in X11 is made more complicated because you encounter so many 
wild keyboards standards.  Ctrl-Ins and Shift-Ins might not be representable.

>>> whereas CTRL-C has a completely different meaning in the rest of the 
>>> world. Another example for M$ "standards" :/ ...
>>
>>Ctrl-Ins/Shift-Ins etc. are CUA compliant.  The Ctrl-C/X/V stuff comes
>>from the Macintosh.  CUA is NOT deprecated.
>
>What is "CUA-compliant"??

"CUA" stands for "Common User Access".  It is an extensive set of user-
interface guidelines written by IBM in 1987, updated in 1991.  It covers 
everything from menu items to layouts to dialogs to keystrokes to mouse 
operations.  OS/2 PM was strongly CUA.  Windows 95 is mostly CUA.

Most applications seem to toss the rules out the window.

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- Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
  Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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