Comments on: On keyboard shortcuts and mouse clicks http://www.madeincr.com/notes/on-keyboard-shortcuts-and-mouse-clicks/ short notes on technology by josue salazar Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:40:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Gary http://www.madeincr.com/notes/on-keyboard-shortcuts-and-mouse-clicks/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Gary Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:28:56 +0000 http://www.madeincr.com/?p=37#comment-105 I tried Quicksilver after hearing good things about it, but I never got into it, I found it kinda hard to use and strange. I like using my keyboard, but I have no problem using the mouse for some things, if it would be simpler than using complicated key sequences. At the moment, I'm on a PC which has one of these 'media' keyboards, so I can use buttons on that to open my most used programs (i.e. Firefox, Thunderbird, MSN and iTunes). For the others, I have desktop shortcuts, which is more than sufficient... or if I REALLY need to use it, there's the Start menu. I tried Quicksilver after hearing good things about it, but I never got into it, I found it kinda hard to use and strange. I like using my keyboard, but I have no problem using the mouse for some things, if it would be simpler than using complicated key sequences.

At the moment, I’m on a PC which has one of these ‘media’ keyboards, so I can use buttons on that to open my most used programs (i.e. Firefox, Thunderbird, MSN and iTunes). For the others, I have desktop shortcuts, which is more than sufficient… or if I REALLY need to use it, there’s the Start menu.

]]> By: Colin D. Devroe http://www.madeincr.com/notes/on-keyboard-shortcuts-and-mouse-clicks/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Colin D. Devroe Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:53:15 +0000 http://www.madeincr.com/?p=37#comment-85 Yeah, you can use quicksilver to open files in certain applications. So again, not reason enough. :) Yeah, you can use quicksilver to open files in certain applications. So again, not reason enough. :)

]]> By: abizer http://www.madeincr.com/notes/on-keyboard-shortcuts-and-mouse-clicks/comment-page-1/#comment-84 abizer Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:29:50 +0000 http://www.madeincr.com/?p=37#comment-84 I think that there are two issues here; having a minimal Dock at startup, and having a Dock that is visible at all the time. Having a minimal dock at startup doesn't stop the apps from showing when they are running, or how many mail or news items you have. If you want to see these items, don't hide the Dock. I agree that it is useful to be able to drop items onto their Dock icon to open them, but in my case, I only really use TextMate for that, and it's open all the time on my machine. But, there really is not single right way of doing things, just what works for you. I think that there are two issues here; having a minimal Dock at startup, and having a Dock that is visible at all the time.

Having a minimal dock at startup doesn’t stop the apps from showing when they are running, or how many mail or news items you have. If you want to see these items, don’t hide the Dock.

I agree that it is useful to be able to drop items onto their Dock icon to open them, but in my case, I only really use TextMate for that, and it’s open all the time on my machine.

But, there really is not single right way of doing things, just what works for you.

]]> By: Josue Salazar http://www.madeincr.com/notes/on-keyboard-shortcuts-and-mouse-clicks/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Josue Salazar Thu, 09 Feb 2006 06:01:21 +0000 http://www.madeincr.com/?p=37#comment-83 Yeah, dropping files to the icon is pretty useful. BTW, i didn't know about ImageWell, i keep launching Photoshop to resize an image (!!!), thanks for the tip. Colin, yet another reason to keep app icons on the dock. Yeah, dropping files to the icon is pretty useful. BTW, i didn’t know about ImageWell, i keep launching Photoshop to resize an image (!!!), thanks for the tip.

Colin, yet another reason to keep app icons on the dock.

]]> By: Joshua http://www.madeincr.com/notes/on-keyboard-shortcuts-and-mouse-clicks/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Joshua Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:56:29 +0000 http://www.madeincr.com/?p=37#comment-82 I like to keep my dock clean. I've got about 7 core apps like Safari, Net News Wire, iChat, and Mail in there, because those are the ones I use the most. And I have a couple of others that I don't use as much, but I keep them in the dock for their drop functionality. A big one is ImageWell, which I use everytime I have to resize/upload a picture, and it's a hell of a lot easier to just drop a file on the icon in the dock rather than opening the file from within the app. The same goes for Drop Stuff too. I like to keep my dock clean. I’ve got about 7 core apps like Safari, Net News Wire, iChat, and Mail in there, because those are the ones I use the most. And I have a couple of others that I don’t use as much, but I keep them in the dock for their drop functionality. A big one is ImageWell, which I use everytime I have to resize/upload a picture, and it’s a hell of a lot easier to just drop a file on the icon in the dock rather than opening the file from within the app. The same goes for Drop Stuff too.

]]> By: Josue Salazar http://www.madeincr.com/notes/on-keyboard-shortcuts-and-mouse-clicks/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Josue Salazar Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:04:55 +0000 http://www.madeincr.com/?p=37#comment-81 Whatever, i still think an empty dock is like a burger without meat. :). Whatever, i still think an empty dock is like a burger without meat.

:) .

]]> By: Colin D. Devroe http://www.madeincr.com/notes/on-keyboard-shortcuts-and-mouse-clicks/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Colin D. Devroe Thu, 09 Feb 2006 04:47:32 +0000 http://www.madeincr.com/?p=37#comment-80 Victory! Victory!

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