Does the windows key work in remote desktop and other places like X with an ssh connection. We should dopuble check that before moving further.
On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 06:24 +0000, Alan Horkan wrote: > On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > > > On Nov 2, 2006, at 7:43 PM, Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Digenes wrote: > > > > I note that gnome-teminal uses ctrl + T, while epiphny uses ctrl + t to > > > create a new tab. These shortcut keys wouldn't have to be equal? > > one more nasty little inconsistency > > > Mac OS X avoids this problem by using Ctrl+letter for terminal editing > > commands, and Command+something for normal commands. And GNUstep avoids > > the problem by using Ctrl+letter for terminal editing commands, and > > Alt+letter for normal commands. > > I suppose we could pretend the almost ubiquitous Super key (aka Windows > key) was equivalent to the Apple Command key. Doing a straight remapping > of Ctrl to Super wouldn't quite get us enough to the Mac like setup on the > terminal. Anyone think we could make a few changes here and there so that > such a configuration would be only a switch or two away? It would be nice > to try out new ways to use the Super key and not be entirely dependant on > the lowest common denominator. Having said that I wouldnt advocate > changing the defaults either anytime soon. > > Would be sweet if we had control over the hardware as well as the software > (and by we I mean any major Gnome distributor). > > If we had a single button mouse by default maybe it would encourage > developers to improve the accessibility of their applications (right click > wont go away but it would be great if it really was an optional extra). > Failing that maybe I should probably buy a developer a single button > clicker input device for christmas. > > I suppose Sun Microsystems are one of the few Gnome distributers who do > also mostly control their hardware but as far as I know they haven't done > anything to closely integrate Gnome and leverage that advantage, or maybe > they have and I just dont know about it (maybe the thin clients and smart > cards count since they require good session management). > > > Sincerely > > Alan Horkan > > Inkscape http://inkscape.org > Abiword http://www.abisource.com > Open Clip Art http://OpenClipArt.org > > Alan's Diary http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Usability mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
