But should Firefox set the rules or should Gnome?  Ctrl-t in firefox
works for XP and Vista, too.



On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> When I use Firefox I often use Ctrl+t to open a new tab and then
> browse to a new URL.  Today, I happened to be in Nautilus, the Gnome
> file manager under Ubuntu, and browsing through folders when I figured
> I'd like a new tab.  So I typed Ctrl+t and nothing happened, that is,
> no new tab.  So I typed Ctrl+t a few more times, thinking maybe my
> keystrokes didn't register.  Still no tab.  At this point I clicked on
> the File menu, figuring I'll create a new tab the long way, only to
> discover that there is no option to create a new tab.  So I go about
> creating a new window with Ctrl-n and continue what I was trying to do
> only to discover that the folder I have been wanting to move is no
> longer where I thought it was. Then it dawns on me that Ctrl+t might
> not mean what I think it means in Nautilus.  So I clicked through the
> menus looking for Ctrl+t and found it: Move to Trash.  When I opened
> my trash can, sure enough, there were about a dozen or so files and
> folders, including the one I was wanting to move.  There's something
> to be said for consistency.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
> >
>

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