Re: [Usability] Standard keyboard shortcut for opening a new tab?

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 1 Dec 2008, at 11:03, Allan Day wrote:

> The reason I ask is that this seems to be a classic (potentially
> archetypal) case of having to find a balance between the needs of
> individual apps on the one hand, and the need for consistency in tab
> implementation across the desktop on the other.

Well, gedit fails on the consistency front too-- Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn, per  
the original gtk keynav spec and the current Accessibility Guide, are  
supposed to scroll a text view left and right, not move the cursor  
between paragraphs :)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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