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Subject:Re: QUERY: Mouse nomenclature? From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- STARBASECORP -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 14 Mar 1995 16:37:36 -0800
> Of course the manuals that I've read assume the mouse is a
> right-handed version, and any exceptions require the user to
> make the flip-flop in their mind. This also goes for selecting
> the Reverse Mouse buttons option. If it is selected, all book
> references should be mentally switched by the user.
> We live in a right-handed world, don'tcha know... :-)
If you set your books up so that all mouse instructions
are in the preface, for example...
Click means...
Double-click means...
Drag means...
The only time you'll use the <other> button is to access
the pop-up menu...
Then all you say in the actual text is Click...
Double-click... Drag the... to... and Access the
pop-up menu and select...
If the user has had the mouse in hand for more than
20 minutes there really shouldn't be any mental
switching to do -- just click!
Just a thought...
Sue Gallagher
StarBase Corp, Irvine CA
sgallagher -at- starbasecorp -dot- com
