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Originally posted by QWasson
1: I always believe that it should be up to the users. If we left things the way they were, we'd still be using arrow keys for playing Doom, rather than W, A, S and D
1) ermmm... using arrow keys for playing Doom is a good thing if you ask me, because they are standard on every keyboard and standard put in a certain way so up is up and down is down... W, A, S and D are placed differently on many different keyboard types... Also, if I want to press the up key, I'm not going to press on W (or whatever), I'm going to instinctivly press the up arrow...
2) That doesn't have anything todo with "standards"...
"leaving something standard" and "using a standard" both use the word "standard", but the word means something different...
* "leaving something standard" => Leaving it the way it is; don't add anything...
* "using a standard" => using something that is defined and has certain rules (like the use of "enter" and "ctrl-enter"), so that everybody instinctivly knows how to use it or what the meaning is...
Windows wouldn't be Windows if there was no standard among programs and how they use certain key-strokes.
Imagine: Word uses the tab-key to enter spaces instead of the spacebar, Paint uses only the right mousbutton and not the left mousbutton, Excel uses the function keys to enter a digit between 1 and 12, and in Windows Explorer you have to use the minus-key to delete a file instead of the "del"-key..... It would be total chaos....
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