On 22 Aug 2006, at 19:26, Mathias Dahl wrote: > Lennart Borgman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I currently use MS Windows. No big surprise I guess, that is what >> the majority of computer users do today. I am kind of fanatic about >> keyboard usage. > > 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. Please file bugs (with the keynav keyword) about any inconsistencies or holes you find in GNOME's keyboard navigability. (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.) Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Java Desktop System Team http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
