Re: FYI: usability

[Byung-Hee HWANG <bh@izb.knu.ac.kr>]

Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> writes:

> On Jul 31, 9:20 am, skyspace <aart...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jul 28, 10:25 am, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > recently ran into this guy:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Nielsen_%28usability_consultant%29
>>
>> > interesting. I think emacs could use some advice there.
>
>> Indeed nice.
>> and interesting idea.
>> How you would start?
>
> after reading some of the criticism links, i think that guy is
> somewhat kooky. His user interface expertise is mostly web only i
> think ...
>
> As for emacs... i think there are few user interface changes emacs
> could use. Emacs 23, released yesterday, has visual line arrow key
> movement and highlight text selection, which are great. There are few
> i think emacs could go after. e.g. have typing or delete key replace
> selection automatically (delete-selection-mode). This comes naturally
> when you have text selection on.
>
> For those interested, please see
>
> • The Modernization of Emacs
>   http://xahlee.org/emacs/modernization.html

Hello Xah! To tell truth, in using Emacs, i'm depending on mouse
mostly. So totally i agree with you in your opinion. Thanks for good
writing ..;;

Sincerely,
 
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