On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 13:09 +0100, Alan Horkan wrote: > On Thu, 8 Sep 2004, Shaun McCance wrote: > > > Date: 08 Sep 2004 18:38:35 -0500 > > From: Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org> > > To: Tommi Komulainen <tommi komulainen iki fi> > > Cc: Usability <usability gnome org> > > Subject: Re: [Usability] Application-type keyboard shortcuts > > > > On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 13:13, Tommi Komulainen wrote: > > > On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 08:19 -0400, Bryan Clark wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 11:15 +0300, Aschwin van der Woude wrote: > > > > > > > > > > It would be nice if such applications agree on a set of keyboard- > > > > > shortcuts. Would the HIG perhaps be a place to define keyboard-shortcuts > > > > > for different types of applications? > > > > > > > > It actually does this already [1]. In the view section are shortcut keys > > > > that applications should be using for zooming and others. > > > > > > > > If an application isn't following these guidelines it's probably a bug > > > > in either the HIG being out of date or the application. > > > > > > I for one would really like it if mail/news/rss readers could all agree > > > on a single set of shortcuts... I can never remember which of 'n', > > > 'Ctrl+N', '.', ']' jumps to next unread message and such :) > > Which software are you talking about specifically? Evolution, Pan, Straw, Liferea, Blam for starters. All have very much in common, except the shortcuts :) > I strongly suspect your list includes non-GUI mail applications which I > think it is fair to say goes beyond the scope of Gnome. No non-GUI applications involved, I consciously tried to ignore them. And in fact, they aren't the problem, both slrn and mutt let you change keyboard shortcuts... ;) -- Tommi Komulainen tommi komulainen iki fi GPG 1024D/68388EE6 6FD6 DD79 EB38 BF6F 3533 09C0 04A8 9871 6838 8EE6
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