Re: [orca-list] Input requested: What is *needed* with respect to choosing an Orca modifier

[Rui Batista <ruiandrebatista gmail com>]

Hi,
Dom, 2010-07-04 Ãs 19:28 -0400, Joanmarie Diggs escreveu:

[...]

> Based on all of this, I've got two proposals for your consideration:
>
> Proposal 1: We have a combo box. In it there would be only the following
> choices:
>
>    a. Caps Lock (Default choice for the laptop layout)
>    b. KP_Insert
>    c. Insert
>    d. KP_Insert and Insert (Default choice for desktop layout)
>
> +1.
>
> Pros: Easy to implement -- and can be done soon, makes it possible to
> choose just one Insert key, protects the user from him/herself, <smile>
> no unexpected conflicts down the road.
>
> Cons: You cannot choose just any ol' modifier.

> Proposal 2: Instead of the combo box, we have a control which can
> "capture" a modifier in a fashion similar to how we rebind other keys.
-1

> Pro: You'd have more modifiers to choose from without the risk of
> selecting something that doesn't exist on your keyboard.
>
> Con: Harder to implement and thus may or may not be done prior to the
> GNOME UI and string freezes; have not eliminated potential conflicts
> down the road.
Note that even with existing super key, that key is used for some
shortcuts in ubuntu, compis, etc. Then we might conflict with these.
There is the pass-to-application feature but it's a key conflict anyway.
Any key is strange, when writing documentation or training users it can
cause confusion.



> Thoughts?
proposal 1 IMO. Less confusion, less code. Someone who wants some
strange key for some strange reason can change settings by hand.

Regards,

Rui Batista
> Thanks in advance for your input!
> --joanie
>
> [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536827
>
>
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