Re: [Usability] newbie suggestions ...

[Christian Rose <menthos menthos com>]

Alan wrote:
> I'd like to add the keybindings
> Ctrl+A  Select All

I guess the reason that Ctrl+A is not included is that it usually
conflicts with the "Go to the beginning of the line" Emacs shortcut, and
GTK+ fields also use Emacs shortcuts. I don't know if Emacs shortcuts
will be enabled by default in GNOME2 though, or if there is a clever way
of allowing both these uses of the shortcut without conflict.


> http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/draft_hig/keyboard.html#shortcuts
> I use gnome on (Solaris?BSD?)Sparc (sometimes) and the command key is
> Alt not Ctrl.
> Same goes for BeOS, and then there is the Mac ... even though they dont
> run Gnome its good to be portable.

I suspect the big reason why Alt is a bad choice for command keys is
that it usually collides with "underlined character" shortcuts in the
interface, and there are (and should be) many of those. Also, Ctrl as
command key has the benefit of being compatible with the largest
desktop, Windows.


[...]
> Just reading and i noticed that Find Again/Find Next and Ctrl+R or
> Ctrl+H are "for discussion" so ill add my 2 pence (im not going to call
> them cents when the Euro comes in either).
> 
> As someone who has spoken English for almost 21 years :) i think Find
> Next sounds better.

I agree.


Christian