Thread Subject: Re: Group A: 21(a) keyboard operation
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From: Victor Tsaran
Date: Thu, Oct 19 2006 2:25 PM
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> " [Peter korn wrote] Today all three desktop OSes (Windows,
> " Mac, and UNIX) provide MouseKeys functionality that allows
> " any user who can press a single key on the keypad to move
> the
> " mouse. Is this reasonable and sufficient? Or should we
> " actually require that every software application provide
> " mouse movement alternatives for moving things like spray
> cans
If operating system already provides such functionality, I'd say
we should not have software developers reinvent the same
behavior, rather, in my opinion, we should ask them to respect
operating system's built-in feature and either let users enable
it from inside the software in question.
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