[josm-dev] Do we need some principles for JOSM interface design?

[Chris Morley]

Thomas Wood wrote:
> On 10/14/07, Chris Morley <c.morley at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>> Frederik Ramm wrote:
>>>> 4. Mistakes should be instantly correctable.
>>> Ctrl-Z?
>> The undo is one of the best bits of JOSM (apart from its neglect of
>> selection, as mentioned eleswhere). But using it requires you to let go
>> of the mouse, and use (for normal people) two hands on the keyboard.
>> Would you use Ctrl-Z to clear a check box you had erroneously clicked?
>> With a high usage piece of software like JOSM we should aspire to go
>> beyond just being able to do something, to making it as easy and natural
>> as possible. I know this sounds pompous, but OSM also needs contributors
>> who find esoteric keystroke combinations less fun.
> 
> Ctrl-Z is one of those keystrokes designed to be used often, with one hand.

Humanity can be divided into two types of person: those that type Ctrl-Z 
with one hand and those that use two.  I use Ctrl-Z quite often, but 
with two hands. Clearly if I want to be taken seriously on this forum 
I'll have to learn to use only one.

> It is also fairly common throughout windows as the standard undo
> keyboard control.
> 
> There always is also the undo and redo buttons on the main toolbar,
> which don't require you to let go of the mouse.
>