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+ Keyboard via poll
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+ Results
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+I received 9 partial answers to the poll - thanks everyone who
+answered. This is a small sample, but this is the best I could get
+(I can't reach more pcb users).
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+Raw results are available in html, tsv and
+csv format.
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My interpretation
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+(User obviously means "those users who answered the poll")
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+ - 1. very few users use the lesstif hid, still user count is more than 1
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- 2. users are open to try alternative menu/hotkey layouts...
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- 3. ... and only a few users change the default layout
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- 4. ... because they are happy with the defaults and/or don't want to maintain the diffs on upgrades
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- 5. there is a strong demand for multikey in the GTK HID
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- 7. use of vendor (drill) mapping is rare
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+ My conclusions
+pcb-rnd: the GTK HID needs multi-key support.
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+Community: although users express their needs, they do not contribute
+even in smallish, non-programming tasks like designing the hotkey layout.
+This is probably in-line with the answers for 4: they don't really customize
+things, they want to use the software as is.
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+Conclusion: it is worth shipping multiple menu/keyboard layouts as long as
+they are all maintained in the central repo (questions 2, 3 and 4). It is
+pointless to invest in tools that make customization easier or to prepare
+for collecting user-customized menu files, as users won't invest any time in
+this.
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