Re: On Ctrl+tab

[Jud Craft <craftjml gmail com>]

On 1/18/10 7:22 AM, Reinout van Schouwen wrote:
> Let me make it clear that I'm not against mapping
> Ctrl+Tab to tab cycling as long as the current shortcuts are still
> available *and* under the condition that a proper substitute for moving
> widget focus is found.

Cool.

> So it is the apps that create the inconsistent behaviour, not Gnome. I
> still hold that point of view.

I guess the take-away point is...if third-party apps wanted to obey the 
GNOME convention, they would.  Third-party app makers don't have "Be 
Inconsistent" as their #1 goal.  They are disobeying this convention for 
a reason (either -inconsistent with all other OS platforms, 
-inconvenient for users, etc).

GNOME should aim to realize why they disobey this one -- and then take 
an action to help reduce the inconsistency [like the call for a patch 
earlier] or aid the app developers.


> If the Gnome project would have the means
> (and the desire) to enforce its guidelines as much as Apple does,
> Firefox wouldn't have made it as the primary browser in many
> distributions.

True about GNOME, but...if per your point Apple-Has-The-Power, then they 
would have made Firefox change to not conflict with their UI.  But that 
did not happen, so either A) there was no conflict or B) 
Apple-Hasn't-The-Power.  Either way, the point just isn't very relevant.