Re: [WP-34s] Conversion proposal Message #12 Posted by Paul Dale on 14 June 2012, 5:20 p.m., in response to message #9 by fhub
We didn't see any real benefit in just moving to the reverse conversion. You want to execute the inverse operation so moving there is only half the effort. One or more key presses to move and one to execute vs the current two presses to execute the inverse -- no benefit and possible loss here. If we could have found a suitable top level unshifted key for the the switch operation, we'd have found one for the inverse -- we didn't.
Yes, moving position lets you see the result of the conversion before executing it -- hardly necessary if you've already thought enough about the problem to realise that that is the conversion you want -- or at least that the one you are viewing isn't the correct one. Even if you execute it, last X can save you.
Moving position also lets you navigate to other functions faster via the arrow keys. That we allow alpha jumps means this isn't worthwhile either.
So yes, we did consider this and couldn't see sufficient benefits over what is implemented.
- Pauli
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