On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 08:34:22PM -0300, bulia byak wrote:
Certainly. In other words, if you feel so passionate about that, implement keyboard profiles. This way you can easily optimize it for ALL users. The patch we've seen so far just makes it Alan-optimized instead of Bulia-optimized, nothing more. Sorry this is not the correct way to go.
Let me also point out that if things go in logical progression, in the coming months we may well see an invasion of Xarans that will demand 100% keyboard mapping compatibility with Xara. Obviously this will result in something which makes neither Alan nor Bulia happy. I think you are absolutely correct that keyboard profiles are the right way to go, to satisfy everyone. It is a win-win-win.
Alan's initiative here makes a great opportunity for both of you to benefit. I think rather than taking the approach of rejecting his efforts (and potentially discourage him from continuing), you should instead take the opportunity to _encourage_ his continued efforts.
If I were you, instead of saying essentially, "It's my way or the highway," a much more effective and productive attitude would be, "Here, I can see you are passionate about seeing different keyboard shortcuts than me, I have an idea how we can both become happy; I see you are willing to learn, let me mentor you in how to make these changes, and help if you feel you are stuck, and we can both end up getting our needs met."
Both of you have good ideas and are quite passionate and determined, and I think if you can learn to collaborate on things you both care deeply about, it could really lead to some significant benefits for everyone.
Bryce