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Ronald Dodge
At first when I boot up the system, I can just type the name of the
folder/file and it will take me to it. After so much time, it will quit
working like that and switch over to moving you to the next file that
matches the character you type in, which is not what I want to happen.
Example:
Given:
Multiple folders within the directory "Projects" begins with the caracter of
"5"
The first folder within the "Projects" folder that begin with "5555" is
after 176 other folders begins with "5"
Using the Folder view on the left side (Folders button depressed at the top
of the window) with the left pane as the active pane.
Situation 1: Type to get to the exact folder name
If I type "5555", it will take me to the first folder that begins with
"5555" in the "Projects" folder, or the 177th folder that begins with "5".
Situation 2: Go to the folder by typing only the first character of the
folder name
If I type "5555", it will take me to the fourth folder that begins with "5"
in the "Projects" folder.
I want Situation 1 to stay in place at all times, and never switch to
situation 2. What needs to be done to meet this requirement? I don't want
to be wasting time having to using the other navigation keys to get to the
proper place within the server. Some might say to use the mouse instead,
but with me using the keyboard quite a bit, a constant switching back and
forth between the keyboard and the mouse would also be a big time waster as
that slows down the process of getting things done. Yes, the individual
time itself doesn't seem like much, but multiply that by hundreds a day, and
it adds up fast.
When I first started doing data entry, I didn't mind it so much until the
year when the IRS decided to go against it's policy handbook about break
times for those of us doing nothing but data entry, which is stated as
taking a 5 minute break every 1 hour of work not counting lunch hour and not
counting the last hour, thus for a 10 hour work shift ( it's really 10.5
hours as 30 minutes is unpaid lunch break), we should have had a total of 40
minutes of paid break time, but instead, we only got 30 minutes of paid
break time, thus we would work 3 hours straight through without a single
break and after doing that for 6 to 7 nights a week over a period of 4
months straight through, early stages of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) had
taken hold.
Now I do mostly programming type work as that was my ticket out of data
entry, but I'm also very sensitive to anything dealing with time wasters
when working with the computer.
I know some might say to use the address bar, but some of those folder/file
names can get to be rather long, thus why I use the folder view and then
just use the right arrow key for when going a level deeper, or I press the
left arrow key 2 times to move up a folder level and collapse the tree to
see just the parent directory name and none of it's child directory names.
Sincerely,
Ronald R. Dodge, Jr.
Master MOUS 2000
folder/file and it will take me to it. After so much time, it will quit
working like that and switch over to moving you to the next file that
matches the character you type in, which is not what I want to happen.
Example:
Given:
Multiple folders within the directory "Projects" begins with the caracter of
"5"
The first folder within the "Projects" folder that begin with "5555" is
after 176 other folders begins with "5"
Using the Folder view on the left side (Folders button depressed at the top
of the window) with the left pane as the active pane.
Situation 1: Type to get to the exact folder name
If I type "5555", it will take me to the first folder that begins with
"5555" in the "Projects" folder, or the 177th folder that begins with "5".
Situation 2: Go to the folder by typing only the first character of the
folder name
If I type "5555", it will take me to the fourth folder that begins with "5"
in the "Projects" folder.
I want Situation 1 to stay in place at all times, and never switch to
situation 2. What needs to be done to meet this requirement? I don't want
to be wasting time having to using the other navigation keys to get to the
proper place within the server. Some might say to use the mouse instead,
but with me using the keyboard quite a bit, a constant switching back and
forth between the keyboard and the mouse would also be a big time waster as
that slows down the process of getting things done. Yes, the individual
time itself doesn't seem like much, but multiply that by hundreds a day, and
it adds up fast.
When I first started doing data entry, I didn't mind it so much until the
year when the IRS decided to go against it's policy handbook about break
times for those of us doing nothing but data entry, which is stated as
taking a 5 minute break every 1 hour of work not counting lunch hour and not
counting the last hour, thus for a 10 hour work shift ( it's really 10.5
hours as 30 minutes is unpaid lunch break), we should have had a total of 40
minutes of paid break time, but instead, we only got 30 minutes of paid
break time, thus we would work 3 hours straight through without a single
break and after doing that for 6 to 7 nights a week over a period of 4
months straight through, early stages of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) had
taken hold.
Now I do mostly programming type work as that was my ticket out of data
entry, but I'm also very sensitive to anything dealing with time wasters
when working with the computer.
I know some might say to use the address bar, but some of those folder/file
names can get to be rather long, thus why I use the folder view and then
just use the right arrow key for when going a level deeper, or I press the
left arrow key 2 times to move up a folder level and collapse the tree to
see just the parent directory name and none of it's child directory names.
Sincerely,
Ronald R. Dodge, Jr.
Master MOUS 2000