[Bf-funboard] default file

[Early Ehlinger]

This is the most surprising and disorienting feature for new users.  Most
people I've talked to do not proceed to online tutorials for help - they
simply get confused, give up, and return to familiar territory (LightWave,
3dsmax, Maya).  I think it would be better to have the mouse buttons swapped
and let the tutorials be for an out-of-date version.  The standard on every
system I'm very familiar with is that left button selects and drags, and
right button brings up a menu of some sort - being different without a
compelling reason is something that many users simply find offensive.

-- Early Ehlinger

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Jason van Gumster <flaw at misaligned.net>wrote:

>
> "Sangwoo Hong" <sahngwoo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > -Left Mouse vs Right Mouse Button to select.  Defaulting to Left Mouse
> > Button would make it easier for new folks.
>
> Perhaps not this one. Changing this default makes quite a few online
> tutorials very disorienting for new users.  It may be a bit of my bias
> showing, but the other three changes can help without adversely
> affecting existing documentation.  The case is different here.
>
>  -Fweeb
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