Re: [Usability] Using Control-Esc and Windows keys to access the start menu

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 22 Aug 2006, at 19:26, Mathias Dahl wrote:

> Lennart Borgman <lennart borgman 073 student lu se> writes:
>
> > I currently use MS Windows. No big surprise I guess, that is what
> > the majority of computer users do today. I am kind of fanatic about
> > keyboard usage.
>
> Me too. And I have to say that in this area, Windows really shines
> (just for the record, I am a GNU/Linux + Gnome user and a quite vivid
> MS-critic). If I could get the same consistency under Gnome, it would
> be really nice.

I'm pretty confident that GNOME actually has wider and more  
consistent keyboard coverage than Windows-- e.g. try moving splitter  
bars on Windows and see how far you get :)  We tabulated all the  
keyboard behaviour of various desktops (including Windows) before we  
started, and designed GNOME's 2.x keyboard from the ground up with  
that information to hand.

Please file bugs (with the keynav keyword) about any inconsistencies  
or holes you find in GNOME's keyboard navigability.  (Note that "not  
the way Windows does it" doesn't necessarily mean it's inconsistent;  
internal consistency is generally more important here, especially  
from an accessibility viewpoint.)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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