It's not out of the ordinary for Ubuntu to maintain a few patches the fix problems that upstream doesn't want to fix. Hiding the menu accelerators is what most of Ubuntu's default applications do, so it's not unreasonable for the user to expect everything in Ubuntu to do it.
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/597825 Title: Menu accelerators in Firefox and OpenOffice.org don't follow the GNOME policy. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs