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In article <jratliff-020993162647@econ179.bpa.arizona.edu>,
Jim Ratliff <jratliff@bpavms.bpa.arizona.edu> wrote:
>Apple publishes Human Interface Guidelines, to which all applications are
>supposed to conform. The HIG specifies the "correct" behavior in exactly
>this context: The HIG requires exactly the behavior which EN currently
>obeys. EndNote would have to _violate_ the HIG in order to incorporate your
>suggestion. Part of the motivation behind the HIG is that it guarantees
>(unless software companies violate them!) a consistent interface between
>applications.
>
>One common example of this behavior is the standard file dialog boxes. When
>you see a list of files to open, this is how you quickly move to one. The
>Finder windows work exactly the same way.
>  ___

BEing a PC user, I'm not familiar with the Apple guidelines, and I
understand your wanting consistency.  Windows seems to use the
type-to-or-cancel approach which seems more useful to me.  I suppose
there could be a preferences switch which gives us the choice, or at
least lets us alter (slow down) the speed at which we have to type to
make use of the feature.


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