You can find some background and bug links on this old thread https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla.dev.gaia/U9QNoya8HLk/discussion
TLDR is: there was a perceived performance issue with the old way, and the new way feels faster. That does not mean this decision is final. Le 06/02/2014 18:52, jezra a écrit : > Yesterday I submitted a bug about the keyboard keys in v1.2 always > displaying a CAPITAL letter even though the keypress will result in a > lower case letter. My bug was marked as invalid because someone made > the design decision that the keyboard keys should not display the > character that will result when the key is pressed. > > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=810306#c0 > > I am the owner of a small screen device and I use it everyday; I > also wear corrective lenses, and I shouldn't need to view multiple keys > just to confirm what character will result when I press a key. > > Because of this design "feature", when I type, I find the key I want to > press, see that it is a Capital letter, then I double check that SHIFT > isn't on, then I press the key..... every single time. > > Multiple times on this mailing list, we are told to submit bugs if we > find a usability issue. To me this is a major usability issue when > entering text, but it is "as designed". > > I am curious as to what device the design decision makers are using as > their "daily driver"? > > > Jezra > > Web: http://www.jezra.net > Status: http://status.jezra.net > Coffee: http://coffee.jezra.net > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
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