Damian Conway schrieb: > If the very much more readable 'zip' and 'minmax' are > to be replaced with 'ZZ' and 'MM', then I think that's a serious step > backwards in usability.
Fully agree here and I think that there are still even more places, where the usability could be improved: Say more words/letters, less symbols/special characters. Especially special characters (shift + num: [EMAIL PROTECTED]&*...) are harder to type (I think I can type a 5-char word a lot faster than shift-5 = % - additionally the shift-wrench disturbs the typing flow) and above all harder to read/intuitively understand/learn/remeber than plaintext keywords. Of course there will always be a trade-off and special characters are the most usable choice in many cases. But I also think that in many other cases "words" will be more usable. As the usability of a tool greatly influences it's acceptance and usage, this is a point, where we really should think about. -- Thomas Wittek http://gedankenkonstrukt.de/ Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
