Re: Alt Mouse Modifier (Was: Adaptive mode)

[Alexey Rusakov <ktirf users sf net>]

Elijah Newren wrote:
> > > Just a me-too on how unfortunate the Alt modifier
> > > thing for window moving is.  I know of at least
> > > one major piece of third-party software that uses
> > > Alt as a modifier for certain mouse operations,
> > > and it's been doing so since long before Gnome
> > > stole it for window movement.
>
> Maya?  Or is there another?
Meld, the diff tool for GNOME. Don't know about GIMP, btw.

> Yes, but is that such a big problem?  Few users even know that it
> exists (and, in fact, it affects usability decisions because we can't
> depend on users knowing about it) so why is it considered essential
> enough that it has to be Alt?
Well, not really.

> I personally think that Super should have remained as the default, but
> given how long it has been Alt, changing (again) would probably do
> more harm than good.
Certainly.

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  Alexey "Ktirf" Rusakov