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There is never a time where a user starts to type but does not want text
entered. Yet all too often I start to type only to find that my computer has no
idea what I am trying to do, and my words are lost to the void that is
incompetency. Yes, it is my incompetency, as it is I who failed to select
a
text
box or other appropriate receptacle, but of what use are computers that do
not
compensate for our foibles?
When the user starts to type without an appropriate text area selected, a
small
notepad should capture the words, pop to the front of the screen, and pulse
gently at the user until he or she clicks on an appropriate text area on the
screen; it must be able to instantly transport the typed text to the URL bar, a
text box, a post-it note, a clipboard, or any open word processor or textpad.
A computer that does not do this is of no use to me.
Copy while typing
Copy_20while_20typing
If you left this function on with a limited buffer you could accomplish what the author proposes here, without popup windows. [bungston, Oct 04 2010]
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//A computer that does not do this is of no use to
me.// |
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How did you manage this post? |
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I was with him until the end. //patronized by tech// ?? |
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I'm sort of picking up on the fact that you're not entirely in
favour of this idea? |
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"Would you like some help with this feature, [21 Quest]?" blink... blink... blink... |
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I've found that MS Windows is particularly badly designed in this regard, as it will both a) allow popups to steal focus when I'm typing, and b) show blinking carets in areas which don't actually have focus. |
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MS Windows is just poorly designed. Too many added features, as it tries to usurp everyone else's best features... just as Word and Excel are poor imitations of other, earlier products. |
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I was thinking of WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3, which were superior to MS knockoffs, in my experience. |
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I like the idea of having text-to-buffer when the cursor isn't in a text box, though starting a Notepad session might be a bit extreme (or not), but... |
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some programs use keyboard keys as input. |
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//patronized by tech// depends on your definition, dunnit... is "are you sure you want to reformat C:" patronizing ? well, yes, but I'd like that to stay there thanks. Ditto anything where you have to click a mouse: between lag, poor drivers, focus stealing and many other number of reasons, mousing's a pretty vague way of controlling a computer. |
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//Don't you watch the screen as you type//
why oh why would I want to do that ? After multiple decades of typing and hundreds of millions of keystrokes entered (not an exaggeration btw), I don't trust my fingers ? |
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Anyways I do see your point. M$-Windows (and for that matter DOS before it) doesn't bother buffering keystrokes: you get a "steal focus" moment or something and they drop out; best they've managed to come up with occasionally is a beep. |
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So yes I'd like an accessible keyboard buffer of some kind. |
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Just install one of those keylogger things hackers use to steal your passwords. |
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For the most UI-frustrated, you could have a printer chug out reams of paper showing your every keystroke allowing you to store a hard-copy for your files - like one of those teletypes that told you the football results as they came in. |
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Move along, nothing more to see here. |
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I like this. Except I am nervous about letting any machines get too near my sensitive foibles. Gears and sprocklets and all, you know. |
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I think what you really want is a buffer that shows up when you start typing when NO application has focus. That shouldn't interfere with any application's keyboard shortcuts and will keep the text allowing you to copy and paste into the application you intended to be typing in. |
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VIrus writers and fraudsters would love this [-] |
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//What I would like is a keyboard lock button on the bottom// |
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Something like 'Windows Key + L," perhaps? |
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