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

["Mathias Dahl" <mathias dahl gmail com>]

> > 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.

Hehe :) To be honest it might have been other apps that made me draw
this conclusion but I am not always sure when it is GNOME that is in
control of the keyboard bindings and when it is some other sub system.
> From now on I will try to look more carefully.

> Please file bugs (with the keynav keyword) about any inconsistencies
> or holes you find in GNOME's keyboard navigability.

I will, thanks!

>  (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.)

I agree 100 %.

Thanks for the feedback.

/Mathias