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Not only that, but buttons usually had hotkeys (underlined letters) that made the OS very easy to use without a mouse. Until we moved away from Windows 2000, co
by lake99 10y ago
Not only that, but buttons usually had hotkeys (underlined letters) that made the OS very easy to use without a mouse. Until we moved away from Windows 2000, colleagues used to be amazed at how fast I navigated. With the precedent set by XP, many UI's became HTML-like, and instead of buttons, we'd have links. Mouseless navigation became impossible with more and more apps. And now, I've lost that habit.
I don't use Windows these days, but Linux GUI programs are not as well-designed as the old Windows programs, so I find myself reaching for the mouse every now and then.
- dredmorbius 10y agoLinux GUIs follow different standards for different toolkits. Some try to use a relatively consistent core (GNOME, KDE, and xfce4 to an extent, I think), others can diverge widely. If you're old enough, or like collecting old software, you'll know several wildly inconsistent scrollbar metaphors and controls.... I find it slightly useful -- I can usually visually guestimate a tool's graphics toolkit and predict its behavior, but novice users will almost certainly get confused. Like you I find environments I cannot keyboard control are hugely unproductive.