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Re: Firefox 1.5 beta2 builds
- To: Documentation and Translation <doc at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: Firefox 1.5 beta2 builds
- From: Chahibi Youssef <chahibi at gmail dot com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 16:57:33 +0000
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Le Samedi 15 Octobre 2005 16:41, Youcef Rahal a écrit :
> On 10/15/05, Chahibi Youssef <chahibi at gmail dot com> wrote:
> > Also, in a bilingual environment it's difficult to get used to two
> > different shortcut keys maps.
>
> As you said in another email, the aim is not bilingual, but unilingual
> Arabic environment. We must think about a kid getting familiraized
> with a computer that is totally arabized, in the long term.
>
> By the way, I'm not saying that you are wrong. I just think it would
> be 'logical' to _me_ to use other shortcuts when using Arabic.
> However, this logic is not only personal, but it can even be useless
> in a practical situation. To really find out, we need some usability
> studies/tests - again, on the academic level ;-)
>
> Anyone aware of a study of that kind (in the Arab world, or related to
> Arabic somehow) ?
>
> > Do you have any idea about arabic key shortcuts in Windows and Mac OS ?
> > We could probably simply copy windows and mac so conventions.
>
> I don't.
>
> Salam,
>
> --
> Youcef Rahal
You have convinced me, but we still have to look at what's happening in the
"Windows" and "Mac OS" side . We should also ask other non-latin communities
( hebrew, parsi, cyrillic, hindi, ... ) .
Thank you.