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Enter Overload Optimize Enter Multi-task Gary Proposes Use Enter Onl

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1103 -    ..
1104 - Summary/Objective
1105 -
110501 - Follow up ref SDS 6 6I8I, ref SDS 4 0000.
110502 -
110503 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Gary responding to an email sent
110504 - yesterday, shown below. ref SDS 0 768F
110506 -  ..
110507 - Gary says in his letter today...
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110509 -    1.  Since I have to avoid using enter on any line with a file name
110510 -        or URL in it anyway, the F1 F7 is of little utility. My intent
110511 -        was to remove the overloading of the enter key.
110513 -         ..
110514 -    2.  Since I have been living with it, I can continue to do so.  I
110515 -        still think the interface is non-optimum, but then you and I
110516 -        differ on what a lot of the keys should do. No need to redesign
110517 -        any of it until we either rewrite SDS or get enough other
110518 -        people using it that the mapping becomes an issue for them.
110520 -  ..
110521 - As noted in the letter to Gary (shown below), this issue related to
110522 - work on 031020, when F1 F7 was assigned to enter files on the
110523 - Internet. ref SDS 4 UK7O
110524 -
110525 -    Actually, it turns out that a function key assignment has utilty
110526 -    for trying to open files that may not be expressly supported by
110527 -    Enter and clicking, as explained on 031102. ref SDS 5 QF6M
110529 -  ..
110530 - "Overloading" Enter was mentioned by Gary, as something to avoid, on
110531 - 040513, when Gary proposed assigning a function key to enter the
110532 - acronym list. ref SDS 6 6I8I  At that time, Gary's proposal was
110533 - implemented by assigning F1 F1 F6. ref SDS 6 SV44
110535 -  ..
110536 - Augmenting intelligence by multi-tasking the Enter key and double
110537 - clicking, based on situational awareness, was reviewed on 990530.
110538 - ref SDS 1 EE6R  On 030801 Gary reported that using Enter, like a
110539 - typewriter, causes situational conflicts with multi-tasking
110540 - requirements. ref SDS 3 0001  At that time, Enter was revised to
110541 - provide additional support for legacy typewriter methods. ref SDS 3
110542 - H64F  The general problem seems to be that Enter cannot be used like a
110543 - typewriter carriage return on every line in a record, because some
110544 - lines refer to content that can be entered by pressing the Enter key
110545 - in order to expand span of attention.
110547 -  ..
110548 - For example on the line above, pressing Enter works like a traditional
110549 - typewriter carriage return, but on the last line in the next paragraph
110550 - pressing Enter enters the record on 990530 by executing the citation
110551 - to that location.  One way to differentiate these situations, and
110552 - maintain productivity is to use the down arrow key to move the cursor
110553 - off the line with actionable content then press Enter.  This is an
110554 - extra keystroke that takes extra time, but may be a good balance for
110555 - transitioning from the world of IT toward a culture of knowledge.  As
110556 - Gary notes, experience with more people can help strike an optimum
110557 - balance.
110559 -  ..
110560 - At a convenient time, it would help for Gary to develop a record
110561 - analysing prior work beginning on 990530 for optimizing user interface
110562 - by multi-tasking, based on situational awareness that drives command
110563 - and control of the work. ref SDS 1 2R63  This seems like a dimension
110564 - of applying CFISR to work in the office, in order to develop effective
110565 - tools for work in the field, reported on 030123. ref SDS 2 KT8L
110567 -  ..
110568 - Gary's letter today responded to an email last night saying....
110569 -
110570 -
110571 -    1.  -----Original Message-----
110572 -        From: Rod Welch [mailto:rodwelch@pacbell.net]
110573 -        Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 9:12 PM
110578 -         ..
110579 -    2.  Gary,
110581 -         ..
110582 -    3.  Last year on 031020 you suggested expanding the Enter (double
110583 -        clicking) feature that opens other records and files by
110584 -        including files for applications, like Word, Excel, IE, etc.
110585 -        ref SDS 4 LS7L  At that time you wanted an alternate method to
110586 -        open files for other applications, rather than a common way to
110587 -        open everything, and so F1 F7 was assigned to supplement using
110588 -        Enter and double clicking to open files for other applications.
110589 -        ref SDS 4 UK7O
110591 -         ..
110592 -    4.  This evening I started fixing something that turned out not to
110593 -        be broke, but this led to wondering why the code has a
110594 -        particular arrangement: "Oh gosh, this can really be
110595 -        streamlined," and suddenly I am way off on a "tangent" this
110596 -        evening asking how the F1 F7 assignment has worked out?  Do you
110597 -        use F1 F7 regularly, or have Enter and double clicking been
110598 -        adequate to open files for other applications?  If you don't
110599 -        remember what F1 F7 does, that answers the question.  On the
110600 -        other hand, if you are using F1 F7, there is no problem to
110601 -        leave the code alone.
110603 -         ..
110604 -    5.  Thanks.
110606 -         ..
110607 -    6.  Rod
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