freeone3000 Report post Posted January 2, 2005 (edited) When we are in console mode, could we have it so that the arrow keys go back and foward in what we are typing, like a text box? Edited January 2, 2005 by freeone3000 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malaclypse Report post Posted January 2, 2005 An editing facility seems a good idea to me. I've too thought about something like this many times before. On the other hand, what I know from how people use their keyboards, is that most people don't know how to master their keyboard. They're looking at the keys on their keyboard constantly, because they lack the ability to do 10-finger blind-writing (sry, don't know the correct english expressions for this, i hope you get it). So this feature will be only really useful for people who actually mastered their keyboard. What I think, is, that players (most, not all) write their texts by looking at their fingers/keys, then after finishing they may reread it, but I think in most cases they won't. After rereading they press the return key to send the message. If you add to this still more time to edit the text again it can take quite a long time before a message is finished, leading other people to frustation, because they don't get answers for so long time. This would definitely be a neat feature for some keyboard specialists like you and me, but do you think it will be useful for the average EL player? And more do you think it will actually be used by the average player? Because if not, it may be somewhat of a waste of time to implement it. Well not really a waste of time, but the priority to implement this, would be very low, I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aislinn Report post Posted January 2, 2005 I would use it for sure, its a great idea! (and yes I have "mastered" my keyboard ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kami Report post Posted January 2, 2005 What I'd like is a command that'll retype the last thing you typed. Many times I've typed out a long sentence and pressed enter only to realized I forgot the @ sign (Or // or #gm or whatever). Also, it'd make repeating youself easier. Sure, just being able to edit your post would be easier and I'm sure auto retyping would certainly be abused by Spammers. But it's nice to know that you can do it if you need to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNewestNewbie Report post Posted January 2, 2005 (edited) (sry, don't know the correct english expressions for this, i hope you get it). It's called typing. Harrumph. The lost art. Oh and if we're going to edit, why not use like a Word processor and click near a letter? Do you want to hold an arrow down that long when you could instantly click on an area? Edit: By the way, the repeat of what you've typed being used by spammers comment is true, but don't spammers just copy a message and paste it into EL? Edited January 2, 2005 by TheNewestNewbie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeone3000 Report post Posted January 2, 2005 Nice idea. Have it click-sensitive, too. Didn't think of that one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goatsgomoo Report post Posted January 3, 2005 Good idea. And about the spammers... there are mods for a reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
