Tim wrote:
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 14:45 -0500, David A. De Graaf wrote:
>For those of us with hands glued to the standard typing position,
>the inability of firefox to scroll vi-style is a constant irritation.
>The necessity to lift the hand over to the unnatural arrow keys,
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My arrow keys seem quite natural. Up arrow points up and moves up; the
down arrow's below it and moves down; left arrow is left of it, and
points left; there's a right arrow on the right that goes right, etc.
>Why can't firefox obey the standard convention?
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>
But *which* standard???
> - move down with the right index finger, up with the middle finger,
>left by reaching left, and right with the third finger? Scroll up a
>full page by reaching up to u, and down with the thumb.
>
>
Oh right, one with out any coherent correlation between the keycaps and
the functionality.
Much as it grieves me to say it, there's a lot of logic in some of the
other OSs key combinations: A qualifier and O to open files, a
qualifier and S to save a file, arrow keys, etc. Linux, on the other
hand, uses a plethora of illogical and different key combinations.
Heck, I can't even cut and paste between some things, at all, even when
I've figured out what peculiar key combinations individual applications
use.
I can see why Firefox, by default, uses logical key combinations, and
doesn't use unnatural vi-specific keybindings.
;-|
I can agree with the argument that the common user may not understand
the Emacs or Vi "standard" key bindings for cursor movement, but over
the years they HAVE become a standard. I also agree that the plethora
for key mappings from Linux applications are detrimental to common user
"comfort" with Linux.
Having said that, however, for someone used to the Vi/Emacs "standards"
it would be a great convenience not to have to shift to the auxiliary
keypad to move about in the browser.
Thanks, David, for showing me how I can install the Vi key bindings
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