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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters?

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters?
Date	2015-10-09 15:46 -0700
Message-ID	<D23D91E4.5FBC4%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
References	(15 earlier) <091020150906060868%YourName@YourISP.com> <D23C55CE.5F95A%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <091020151349295021%YourName@YourISP.com> <5617da34$0$60213$c3e8da3$b1356c67@news.astraweb.com> <101020151029155296%YourName@YourISP.com>

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On 10/9/15, 2:29 PM, in article 101020151029155296%YourName@YourISP.com,
"Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> In article <5617da34$0$60213$c3e8da3$b1356c67@news.astraweb.com>,
> Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
>> In article <091020151349295021%YourName@YourISP.com>,
>>  Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> 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.

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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 16:37 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-08 13:28 +1300
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-08 00:33 +0000
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 17:45 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-08 14:12 +1300
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-09 09:06 +1300
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-10-09 12:27 -0400
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 21:02 -0700
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 08:56 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-08 12:19 -0400
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Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 11:21 -0700
Re: Holding down a key does not show repeating inputted characters? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 15:06 -0400
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