From: Dom Lachowicz (domlachowicz@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Jan 19 2003 - 18:07:51 EST
First, change your name. Your name is not "AbiWord,"
and that is a trademarked and copyrighted name.
Secondly, fix your caps lock or shift key.
Thirdly, Insert/Overwrite mode has been around since
personal computers came out 25 years ago. There are
insert/overwrite notifications in the status bar. It
is wrong for us to pop up a dialog or any intrusive
notification if you enter into overwrite mode. No
other major piece of software (especially those we are
trying to emulate and compete with) display this
behavior.
I suggest people learn how to use their machines, or
if this really bugs you, propose some change to the
GNOME HIG or Usability Group. We might be more
receptive to them.
Dom
--- abiword <abiword@wp.pl> wrote:
> hI,
>
> i THINK IT'S GOOD TIME TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM
> ins?ovr. iT IS REALLY
> CONFUSING FOR NON-ENGLISH INTERFACES, because in
> most cases keyboards
> have an eNGLISH shotcuts. i SUGGEST TO ADD SOME
> GRAPHICS-ICON. fOR EXAMPLE RED LED FOR ovr AND GREEN
> FOR ins.
>
> Andrzej
>
>
> PS.
> ===========from abi-usr========
> On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 07:43:29 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Dom Lachowicz <domlachowicz@yahoo.com>
> > To: Lee Harr <missive@hotmail.com>,
> abiword-user@abisource.com
> > Subject: Re: insert / overwrite mode
> >
> > Hit the "Insert" key on your keyboard again. On my
> > keyboard, it's above "Delete" and to the left of
> > "Home".
>
> It seems like this happens to just about everyone at
> least once (and from
> then on you are duty bound to help and explain it to
> anyone else in the
> same situation, as i have done many times)
>
> The status bar shows either INS or OVR to show which
> mode you are in,
> although i dont think that is really much use.
>
> Please take a look at my suggestions here and I
> would love to see what you
> think.
> http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3641
>
> If anyone has a Usability lab and can help me devise
> a thorough usability
> study of Insert/Overwrite i would love to hear from
> you.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Alan Horkan
>
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