Right click
Hi,
Right-click menus are context menus. Accordingly, they include the commands that are most relevant to the current selection or paragraph. Adding seldom used commands would only clutter the Atlantis GUI. The menu might even hide the document window (as the Favorites menu does in Internet Explorer when it includes too many items).
Now, if you use the mouse most of the time, what's wrong with clicking toolbar buttons? You can customize the Atlantis toolbars in any way you like.
I use the mouse a lot myself too. I find toolbar clicks a lot more practical than right-clicks. You need only one click to activate a toolbar command. You need to give two clicks each time you want to use a single right-click command.
Also don't forget that you can use the Format Palette to customize "templates" that will apply combinations of font and paragraph formatting to the current selection. A double click on the relevant template does the trick. If you used the right-click menu for the same tasks, you would need to give many more mouse clicks.
Same thing with styles. Styles can include complex combinations of font, paragraph, tabulation and list formatting. A double click on the style name is enough to apply a whole array of formatting characteristics to the current paragraph or selection.
Cheers,
Robert
Right-click menus are context menus. Accordingly, they include the commands that are most relevant to the current selection or paragraph. Adding seldom used commands would only clutter the Atlantis GUI. The menu might even hide the document window (as the Favorites menu does in Internet Explorer when it includes too many items).
Now, if you use the mouse most of the time, what's wrong with clicking toolbar buttons? You can customize the Atlantis toolbars in any way you like.
I use the mouse a lot myself too. I find toolbar clicks a lot more practical than right-clicks. You need only one click to activate a toolbar command. You need to give two clicks each time you want to use a single right-click command.
Also don't forget that you can use the Format Palette to customize "templates" that will apply combinations of font and paragraph formatting to the current selection. A double click on the relevant template does the trick. If you used the right-click menu for the same tasks, you would need to give many more mouse clicks.
Same thing with styles. Styles can include complex combinations of font, paragraph, tabulation and list formatting. A double click on the style name is enough to apply a whole array of formatting characteristics to the current paragraph or selection.
Cheers,
Robert