Re: [PATCH] Add Internet Explorer-like keybindings

[Luis Villa <luis villa gmail com>]

On 8/1/05, Martin Wehner <martin wehner gmail com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 01:06 +0200, Christian Neumair wrote:
> > Sorry, but bug 305252 [1] is nearly unquotable, since it consists of
> > very very long rants.
> 
> Boy, what a rant. That has to be the longest comment in the history of
> bugzilla.
> 
> > The purpose of the patch should be obvious.
> >
> > [1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=305252
> 
> The patch looks fine. But (Shift-)F6 is taken for navigating in paned
> windows, so we can't override it. (The browser with sidebar is a paned
> window, it doesn't work in that configuration for example).
> I'm fine with the addition of F5 for reload though, as it'll help people
> used to Explorer or Konqi. But it's an UI change, so you'll have to get
> it by the release team if you want to have it in 2.12.

UI change restrictions are mainly for the benefit of the docs and
screenshooters. As long as this binding isn't documented, you can go
ahead. If it is documented, please email the release-team and
documentation team for their permission.

Luis