Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 15:46:44 -0700 Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: <9d2dnRPZhcVVxIjLnZ2dnUU7-budnZ2d@earthlink.com> <081020150919487421%YourName@YourISP.com> <081020151328490976%YourName@YourISP.com> <081020151412288126%YourName@YourISP.com> <081020151816395444%YourName@YourISP.com> <091020150906060868%YourName@YourISP.com> <091020151349295021%YourName@YourISP.com> <5617da34$0$60213$c3e8da3$b1356c67@news.astraweb.com> <101020151029155296%YourName@YourISP.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net G+MV9qTHtH/laP+fv7Jujg5ZzTWHKYHHTzitl3Vb5vhEYudoG1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Yl/x/F86jL1ZAn1TBAAJcTJD1MY= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Thread-Index: AdEC5F7+zdKbsLL76EuVJM4ncQ5qCw== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32563 comp.sys.mac.system:82871 On 10/9/15, 2:29 PM, in article 101020151029155296%YourName@YourISP.com, "Your Name" wrote: > In article <5617da34$0$60213$c3e8da3$b1356c67@news.astraweb.com>, > Warren Oates wrote: >> In article <091020151349295021%YourName@YourISP.com>, >> Your Name wrote: >>> >>> Every Mac I set-up for novice users there's a series of things I change >>> - one of which is to turn off the right-click button. They won't use >>> it or need it, and it simply confuses people (as you said). >> >> I think that that is one of dumbest things I've ever heard. The first >> time I plugged a two-button mouse into a Mac, the first thing I did was >> right-click with it. > > As I said: "for novice users", because they can get confused about > having two buttons, especially on Apple's mice where there is no clear > demarkation of the buttons. > > Te idiotic "squeeze me" button was also another "feature" that was > always turned off during set-up. I find Apple mice to be nasty little rodents myself. >> You shouldn't need two hands to bring up a contextual menu. > > There's very few places that you actually need a contextual menu. But they are helpful. > Very few people bother to use them, even on Windoze. Support? I see people use them often. > Besides which, properly written software has other ways of achieving the same > result - usually via an option in the standard menu bar. Which does not mean they are not a benefit. -- * OS X / Linux: What is a file? * Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu: * Mint KDE working with folders: * Mint KDE creating files: * Mint KDE help: * Mint KDE general navigation: * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs? * Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux: * OS / Word Processor Comparison: