Re: For the Hard Heads

In article <1123402276.985152.216970@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Edwin" <thorne25@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Alan Baker wrote:
> > In article <1123374020.939499.322500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > "Edwin" <thorne25@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Alan Baker wrote:
> > > > In article <1123372389.219473.195200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > > > "Edwin" <thorne25@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Alan Baker wrote:
> > > > > > In article <1123371410.553145.312540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > > > > > "Edwin" <thorne25@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > C Lund et al have often claimed that Windows had a two button
> > > > > > > mouse
> > > > > > > out
> > > > > > > of necessity, in spite of constantly being told Windows can be
> > > > > > > run
> > > > > > > without any mouse at all.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How do you get the properties of an item on the desktop without a
> > > > > > mouse?
> > > > >
> > > > > Press Alt+Enter while it's highlighted.
> > > >
> > > > I didn't know that.
> > >
> > > You're welcome.
> > >
> > > > And if you have a bunch of Explorer windows open, how do you select
> > > > that
> > > > file in the first place, *without* having to close the windows?
> > >
> > > Alt+Tab
> >
> > You can't Alt+Tab to the Desktop, Edwin.
>
> Yes you can, Alan. Alt+Tab will cycle through anything that's open.
> You asked how to select a file from a bunch of open Explorer windows.
> Alt+Tab will do it.

Alt+Tab will cycle to the desktop, will it?

I didn't ask how you select a file from a bunch of open Explorer
windows. I asked how you select a file on the *desktop* when you have a
bunch of Explorer windows open.

>
> > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Here's yet another attempt to get through to them:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "Windows does not require a mouse, despite the detail that
> > > > > > > Microsoft
> > > > > > > manufacture them. In those early days a mouse was expensive, and
> > > > > > > few
> > > > > > > computers had them. This made Windows significantly cheaper than
> > > > > > > GEM."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > http://www.dylanharris.org/prose/gem/intro.html
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Do you know which version of Windows this is referring to? No, you
> > > > > > don't.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you had wits enough, you could tell by reading the referenced
> > > > > article... but then you did respond to a post addressed "For the Hard
> > > > > Heads."
> > > >
> > > > Great. So that article proves that you didn't need a mouse for Windows
> > > > 1.0.
> > >
> > > Great... you were wrong... AGAIN! <G>
> > >
> > > Microsoft has always maintained backwards compatibility. That's one
> > > of their greatest strengths, as well as the source the problems that
> > > come of carrying that kind of baggage.
> >
> > Really? Every shortcut that they defined in Windows 1.0 still works the
> > same way today?
>
> I see you're out to shift the argument to something you think you can
> win. This is about using Windows without a mouse. It's always been
> possible to do that.

You're the one who's trying to pretend an article written about Windows
1.0 is relevant to how Windows works today, not me.



>
> > >
> > > > A useless tidbit of knowledge, but there you are.
> > >
> > > Useless to a hard head such as yourself. I've shown you now, as in the
> > > past, that Windows can be operated entirely from the keyboard.
> >
> > You've yet to show it.
>
> In the opinion of a hard head who refuses to see what he's been shown.

LOL

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
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