Re: [orca-list] am I crazy

[Jacob Schmude <j schmude gmail com>]

Hi
Yes they did take out ctrl-alt-backspace. There's an X option you can  
set to get it back, can't remember it off the top of my head at the  
moment.


On Feb 24, 2009, at 18:09, Farhan Khan wrote:

> Hello, I was reading up on the new changes in 9.04, and the thing  
> that stuck out is they took control alt backspace out of the default  
> installation, i'd consider control alt backspace a failsafe if  
> things crash hard.
> Jacob Schmude wrote:
> > While I'm not disgusted by it, I haven't had any real accessibility  
> > nightmares with the panel that others seem to have had, I'd agree  
> > it would be confusing  even for sighted users. In general, changing  
> > tasks like that should not be done unless there's a good reason,  
> > and should not be confined to a panel applet in any case. Panel  
> > applets can crash and, if it does go down, for all intents and  
> > purposes there's no quick and easy way to shut down via the GUI  
> > without reloading the applet. I don't find it a huge accessibility  
> > concern, as I've been able to use the panel fine and that applet is  
> > one of the few with an accessible label, , but I don't like it for  
> > these other reasons.
> >
> >
> > On Feb 24, 2009, at 16:51, Luke Yelavich wrote:
> >
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> > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 04:19:42AM EST, Jacob Schmude wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > > You're not crazy. They seem to have moved this to the "switch  
> > > > users or
> > > > shutdown" panel applet. Even in Jaunty this is a recent change,  
> > > > only a
> > > > few days old. I thought the same thing when my shutdown menu
> > > > disappeared, it's nice to know I'm not crazy :).
> > >
> > > I will be reverting this for accessibility installs. I found this  
> > > out yesterday, and am totally disgusted by it. I don't even think  
> > > it makes sense for fully able users. I am sure many of them will  
> > > get confused/annoyed as well.
> > >
> > > Luke
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