On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, R H Cotterell wrote:
> Re: Hubert Figuiere's message
> dated 25 Aug 2006 10:56 hours
> >On Friday 25 August 2006 05:30, R H Cotterell wrote:
> >> You are quite quite right! It was the INS key tha needed to be
> >> activated. One feels like a bloody fool for not noting the small
> >> little keyhole with OVR sitting there like a duck ready for taking
> >> pot shots at.
> >It is a FAQ, really.
> >There is definitely a usability problem. My feeling balance between removing
> >the overwrite mode (how many times I mistakenly switch it in Emacs by mistake
> >on my desktop) and making it more obvious. I believe that for that solution,
> >the best is a square caret that highlight the character to be replaced.
> >
> >"OVR"/"INS" is definitely not user friendly.
> >
> >Hub
>
> If you will allow a suggestion, maybe you would like to consider
> having a message window appearing with a text of, let's say, "you
> are in XXX Mode, Cancel to continue or Change to enter XXX Mode."
Are you sure? [Yes] [No]
Annoy me with popup message
( ) Never
( ) Occassionally
( ) Frequently
(.) Paperclip!!!
All joking aside I am not convinced many people use Overwrite mode and I
would want to disable the keybinding for it and provide some other way to
enable it for the rare few who want it. (Possibley a checkbox in the
preferences dialog or even less, like a line in the Abiword.Profile
configuration.)
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