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Re: What is Classmate

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Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle View Post
I predict it will appear in a future version, and will be similar to CAD tools or other engineering drawing tools.
If I may:

- the best user interface for zoom-in is to click and drag a rectangle around the portion you want to see, and when you release the mouse button it zooms into the selected area

- the best user interface for pan is to click and drag the mouse button, and the whole screen moves until you release the mouse button.

I realize the above two conflict with other uses of the mouse, and with even each other. Perhaps the alt/control/shift keys could be used in concert with the mouse. To determine its behavior.


Among the worst user interfaces:

- for pan, having to drag separate thumbs along the side and bottom of the window.

- for zoom, having to mouse up to the top of the window to repeatedly click a magnifying glass, while interlacing trips to the vertical and horizontal thumbs to re-center the screen (arrrrrrrgh!)