Re: merging keyboard & keyboard shortcuts

["Jared Moore" <cornflake pirate gmail com>]

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Matthias Clasen
<matthias clasen gmail com> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Jared Moore <cornflake pirate gmail com> wrote:
>  > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Matthias Clasen
>  >  <matthias clasen gmail com> wrote:
>  >  >
>  >  >  Just because they both have keyboard in their name, is not a very good
>  >  >  reason to cram the shortcuts into the keyboard capplet.
>  >
>  >  No. A good reason is that the keyboard shortcuts capplet is the only
>  >  keyboard-related preferences that is _not_ in the keyboard capplets,
>  >  which is inconsistent.
>
>  Thats really just the 'keyboard in the name' argument in disguise...
>

Well, it depends on your point of view. They both have keyboard in the
name _because_ they're related, not the other way around. Saying it
that way is a bit of a straw man. :)

>
>  >  I would also argue that keyboard shortcuts have much more to do with
>  >  the keyboard than typing break does, since "typing break" is really
>  >  more like "take a break from your entire computer", not just typing.
>  >  So I don't see why typing break should be in the main keyboard
>  >  preferences while keyboard shortcuts isn't. (Not that I'm advocating
>  >  splitting out the typing break tab).
>
>  There was some talk about adding mouse gestures to the shortcuts capplet.
>

To me it would seem more logical to put mouse gestures in the mouse
capplet. While mouse gestures certainly are related to keyboard
shortcuts in terms of functionality, I just think that the mouse
capplet would be the first place where users would look for
configuration.

Anybody else care to share their thoughts?

Cheers,
Jared