Neil Gould
June 11th 11, 11:56 AM
wrote:
> On 2011-06-10 said:
> >>OFten the command line is faster than looking down the
> >>list, finding what you want, either tagging it if you've got a
> >> group of files to move, or drag and drop.
> >Ctrl-F is your friend, and it's not new to Windows Explorer.
>
> USed that one when dealing with a gui and the windows
> screenreader. But, remember, my reading speed is limited to
> the speed at which I can comprehend spoken words when using
> computers. wHEre you can scan that list with an eyeball
> quickly, move your pointer to it, I"m having to listen to
> see where my pointer is, make sure I"m where I think I am,
> move up or down to the file i want. KEyboard shortcuts
> help, but I still find my command line faster than any gui,
> at least for me. I've got a couple of point and shoot file
> manager type things around here, and at times I"ll use them,
> but most times I"ll opt for type in the command.
>
Hey, I suspect they wouldn't consider such conditions to be "challenged" if
they weren't challenging! ;-) My intro to computers was on a brand
spanking new IBM 360 with a "punch card and printout UI", and good things
could be said about that, too, for example, it quickly discouraged many of
the bad habits of today's users. ;-)
--
best,
Neil
> On 2011-06-10 said:
> >>OFten the command line is faster than looking down the
> >>list, finding what you want, either tagging it if you've got a
> >> group of files to move, or drag and drop.
> >Ctrl-F is your friend, and it's not new to Windows Explorer.
>
> USed that one when dealing with a gui and the windows
> screenreader. But, remember, my reading speed is limited to
> the speed at which I can comprehend spoken words when using
> computers. wHEre you can scan that list with an eyeball
> quickly, move your pointer to it, I"m having to listen to
> see where my pointer is, make sure I"m where I think I am,
> move up or down to the file i want. KEyboard shortcuts
> help, but I still find my command line faster than any gui,
> at least for me. I've got a couple of point and shoot file
> manager type things around here, and at times I"ll use them,
> but most times I"ll opt for type in the command.
>
Hey, I suspect they wouldn't consider such conditions to be "challenged" if
they weren't challenging! ;-) My intro to computers was on a brand
spanking new IBM 360 with a "punch card and printout UI", and good things
could be said about that, too, for example, it quickly discouraged many of
the bad habits of today's users. ;-)
--
best,
Neil