by a1pcfixer » Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:51 pm
TeraByte,
> They would fix it if enough people complained, a
> magazine complained or pointed out the lack of standards compliance, a large
> enough OEM (system builder) complained, or you could let the BIOS developers
> know.
True, but as I pointed out, TB 'legacy' apps just aren't at the top of the food
chain for BIOS'. Keyboard navigation of the BIOS settings, then passing off
support of USB to within the OS is their primary concerns.
> They ought to just open source the BIOSes to the point others could
> fix it and they could control the merge/build.
Ahh, we can only wish for that to happen. Phoenix and AMI aren't much
interested in 'legacy' apps any longer....nor anyone attempting to reverse
engineer their code either!
I used to 'alpha' & 'beta' test various programs in the past. One group of us
had direct access to the programmer's and the back & forth dialog really got
development moving forward nicely. Another group had a middle man, and we
suspected not all our suggestions made it to the programmers.
I once worked with a few friends that made customized BIOS for Abit MoBo's.
Those at one time were THE defacto best MoBo for OC'ing bar none.
I still have a maxed out Abit BD711-Raid sitting behind me, but alas, compared
to today's MoBo' it ancient tech.
Sad to see that Abit has bitten the dust:-(
> There is a shortcut help in the help and manual, also the Win7 video has
> without a mouse, but an "overview" type video (which would show how to use
> the keyboard) is planned for someday....
That AND a kb article listing each keyboard keystroke for BiNG/BIBM/IFD would
be great!
As is, USB support for USB mice in TB BiNG/BIBM/IFD is so pathetic as to be
nonexistant for the most part. Far & few get such to work reliably, so for all
intents & purposes it don't exist. With each side blaming the other, work
arounds (keyboard) are the only stable & reliable means of navigating TB
products.
From the old former newsgroup, I found these.....
{It'd be great if ya condensed the following into a kb article/pdf file}
What keyboard combinations are used across all 3 products?
Some info I've gotten from (incomplete);
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=379
(BING);
Although it is not necessary to press the Alt key when accelerator keys
are used if the area of the interface containing the accelerator key
already has focus, it is not a bad habit to always use the Alt key when
invoking accelerator keys. For example, you could use Alt+S on the
BootIt NG desktop to access the BootIt NG Settings dialog.
Radio Buttons and Check Boxes
To select a check box using the keyboard, press the Tab key until the
desired check box is marked with the selection rectangle. Then, press
the Space Bar to toggle the check box.
The method for selecting a radio button is similar to that for a check
box. The difference is that to select a particular radio button, you
press the Tab key until the group of radio buttons is marked with the
selection rectangle, and then you use the arrow keys to select the
desired radio button. Finally, the Space Bar can be used to activate
the radio button.
F10=ok/close/resume/accept/save
Esc=Cancel
F1=Help
F12=Capture screen shot and save to A: drive
Delete/Del=Delete or Clear (on Partition Work window)
Alt+0=Shut down
Ctrl+Alt+Del= reboot
Tab=next field
Insert/Ins=Add, Create, or Fill (on Partition Work window)
Spacebar=activate selected item
Alt + Down arrow?
Alt + Up arrow
(IFD);
(IFL);
-and-
the IFD/IFL have all the hot keys highlighted wizard like and enter is
always ok (or next) and escape to back up or close. The special function
keys are listed at the bottom. delete key is available to delete files from
file dialog.
The alt-arrow keys are used when you need to move something like an entry in
mbr details or in view mbr.
-And-
oh for BING the only one that may be a little confusing is radio boxes ...
you tab to the group then need to use the arrow key to select the item
(dashes) and spacebar to select it.
-And-
When you have multiple items in your boot menu, highlight one...
Hold down SHIFT Key while clicking the BOOT button.
That will push the partition layout(s) into the partition table(s) on the
drive(s)
Regardless of what you may have cleared or loaded into the partition tables
manually while "Working With Partitions"
That is useful for many situations, particularly removable media ie.
Flashdrives that appear as HD's etc.
--
Jim L.
Using - Virtual Access(OLR)
http://www.virtual-access.org
6.3.0.5 Windows Vista Service Pack 2 build 6002