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From: fflavio on 31 May 2010 19:48 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: >>> jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >>> >>>> cursor keys on the virtual keyboard. It would help immensely in >>>> certain >>>> situations. >>> >>> I second this motion.... >> >> Could either of you be a bit more specific? I can't really see where >> they'd be useful... > > Well, I know you only asked Jim and Flavio, but from my point of view > it > would be handy when you are typing to use cursor keys to get round the > text without having to leave the keyboard, press and hold a couple of > characters back, select, edit, then select where you were again. What he said. -- guitar lessons camdenguitar.co.uk
From: Jim on 1 Jun 2010 01:08 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> > >>> cursor keys on the virtual keyboard. It would help immensely in > >>> certain > >>> situations. > >> > >> I second this motion.... > > > > Could either of you be a bit more specific? I can't really see where > > they'd be useful... > > Well, I know you only asked Jim and Flavio, but from my point of view it > would be handy when you are typing to use cursor keys to get round the > text without having to leave the keyboard, press and hold a couple of > characters back, select, edit, then select where you were again. Yep, that's the badger. When typing into (say) NewsTap I sometimes realise I've left a space out between two words, generally only a few chars back. Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: David Kennedy on 1 Jun 2010 03:04 Woody wrote: > T i m<news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >> On 31 May 2010 20:16:08 GMT, Woody<usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Flavio Matani<flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: >>>> jim<jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> cursor keys on the virtual keyboard. It would help immensely in >>>>> certain >>>>> situations. >>>> >>>> I second this motion.... >>> >>> And I third it >> >> Ere, what you want when it's on yer lap is some sort of adjustable >> angle mount that holds the screen up and something at the bottom to >> clip the real keyboard into and a track pa ... ah. ;-( > > No, that really isn't what you need at all! > Precisely what is needed on any lap was shown very nicely in those photos you posted. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Sak Wathanasin on 1 Jun 2010 04:14 On 31 May, 23:58, zoara <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBIT...(a)mac.com> wrote: > > jim <j...(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > >> cursor keys on the virtual keyboard. It would help immensely in > > > certain > >> situations. > > > I second this motion.... > > Could either of you be a bit more specific? I can't really see where > they'd be useful... When I ssh into my DNS or need to mollify the spam filter on my mailserver or ... Looking forward to not having to lug a MacBook around in the data centre (yes, I stuck in an old WAP into the rack - we only switch it on when we're there).
From: Ian Piper on 3 Jun 2010 15:30
On 2010-05-31 23:58:15 +0100, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> said: > Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT(a)mac.com> wrote: >> jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> >>> cursor keys on the virtual keyboard. It would help immensely in >>> certain >>> situations. >> >> I second this motion.... > > Could either of you be a bit more specific? I can't really see where > they'd be useful... > > -z- When you are typing a url and you spot that you got one or two letters wrong - cursor keys would zip you back along the text string more easily than the finger/magnifying glass method. Ian. -- Ian Piper Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development", Apress, December 2009 Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/� --� |