Re: [OT, FLAME] Linux Sucks
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 10:14:05AM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote:
> At 2003-03-25T15:05:08Z, Frank Gevaerts <frank@gevaerts.be> writes:
>
> > Basically, if someone doesn't know how many keys ones keyboard has, _and_
> > he doesn't know how to count them, then I doubt he should be using a
> > computer at all.
>
> Devil's advocate:
>
> A new user may not know whether to count every single key. For example,
> shift doesn't do anything at all by itself, right?
Indeed. Whenever a program tells me to 'press any key', I always first
try shift, control and alt. Usually, the message is clearly wrong
Frank
> What about my Happy
> Hacking Lite's "Fn" key that's used to build the F1-F10 keys, Home, End,
> etc. Does it count? Do those keys that don't physically exist, but are
> generated when you're holding down "Fn" count?
Good question. My guess would be that they do count, but it isn't
obvious at all.
Frank
> Frankly, *I* have to look up my keyboard specs when I install X (which
> happens, maybe, once every 1.5 years or so), because the answer isn't nearly
> as straightforward as just counting the physical buttons.
> --
> Kirk Strauser
> In Googlis non est, ergo non est.
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