Re: [Usability] Sticky Keys

2010-05-31 Thread Calum Benson
On 29 May 2010, at 11:58, Felipe Erias Morandeira wrote: > Do you want to deactivate Sticky Keys? > You just pressed two keys at once, or pressed the Shift key 5 times in a > row. This turns off the Sticky Keys feature, which affects the way you > keyboard works. > > [Don't deactivate] [Deactiva

Re: [Usability] Sticky Keys

2010-05-29 Thread Vishnoo
On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 11:58 +0100, Felipe Erias Morandeira wrote: > Hi, > > today I was playing a fullscreen game (Openarena) when suddenly a dialog > popped up saying: > > > - gnome settings daemon - > > Do you want to deactivate Sticky Keys? > You just pressed two keys at once, or pressed the

Re: [Usability] Sticky Keys

2010-05-29 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
Le samedi 29 mai 2010 à 11:58 +0100, Felipe Erias Morandeira a écrit : > Hi, > > today I was playing a fullscreen game (Openarena) when suddenly a dialog > popped up saying: > > > - gnome settings daemon - > > Do you want to deactivate Sticky Keys? > You just pressed two keys at once, or presse

Re: [Usability] Sticky Keys

2010-05-29 Thread Felipe Erias Morandeira
On 29/05/10 11:58, Felipe Erias Morandeira wrote: > My proposed solution is that this dialog should simply disappear because > this "feature" is actually annoying and useless. To clarify: I am not suggesting that StickyKeys should be dropped. We should improve the usability of that dialog and thi

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-10-05 Thread Elijah Newren
On 10/5/06, Calum Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know I've come to this party too late, but just FYI, http:// > bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102656 discussed this possibility > (and eventually came to the same conclusion as this thread-- that you > could do it by using Sticky Keys lock

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-10-05 Thread Calum Benson
On 12 Sep 2006, at 17:27, Maurizio Colucci wrote: > Hello, > > if I enable sticky keys (control panel -> keyboard -> > accessibility), I loose the ability to ALT-TAB (unless, of course, > I keep ALT pressed, which defeats the purpose of using sticky > keys). Is there any way to switch the a

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-16 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
On Sep 14, 2006, at 4:37 AM, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > > --- Shaun McCance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 09:57 +0100, Joachim Noreiko >> wrote: >>> Urg. Why do we even have this ugly little tab section? I understand >>> these options are provided by X, but why? What needs to h

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-13 Thread Joachim Noreiko
--- Shaun McCance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 09:57 +0100, Joachim Noreiko > wrote: > > Urg. > > Why do we even have this ugly little tab section? > > I understand these options are provided by X, but > why? > > What needs to happen to kill them off or fold them > > into GN

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-13 Thread Shaun McCance
On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 09:57 +0100, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > > --- Maurizio Colucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Never mind, I found the problem: in keyboard > > preferences -> layout options > > -> group/shift-lock behavior, I had to disable "both > > alt keys together > > change group".

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-13 Thread Shaun McCance
On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 10:26 +0200, Maurizio Colucci wrote: > On 9/13/06, Maurizio Colucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/12/06, Elijah Newren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/12/06, Maurizio Colucci > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello,

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-13 Thread Joachim Noreiko
--- Maurizio Colucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Never mind, I found the problem: in keyboard > preferences -> layout options > -> group/shift-lock behavior, I had to disable "both > alt keys together > change group". Urg. Why do we even have this ugly little tab section? I understand these o

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-13 Thread Maurizio Colucci
On 9/13/06, Maurizio Colucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/12/06, Elijah Newren < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/12/06, Maurizio Colucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Hello,>> if I enable sticky keys (control panel -> keyboard -> accessibility), I > loose the ability to ALT-TAB (unless, of course,

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-13 Thread Maurizio Colucci
On 9/12/06, Elijah Newren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/12/06, Maurizio Colucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Hello,>> if I enable sticky keys (control panel -> keyboard -> accessibility), I > loose the ability to ALT-TAB (unless, of course, I keep ALT pressed, which> defeats the purpose of using s

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-12 Thread Lennart Borgman
Elijah Newren wrote: > On 9/12/06, Lennart Borgman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I would expect it to work with just one press of Alt. That is the way it >> works on MS Windows and I think it is convenient. Is there any reason >> that it should be harder on GNOME? > > If I am not mistaken, GNOME cu

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-12 Thread Shaun McCance
On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 17:07 -0600, Elijah Newren wrote: > On 9/12/06, Lennart Borgman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would expect it to work with just one press of Alt. That is the way it > > works on MS Windows and I think it is convenient. Is there any reason > > that it should be harder on GNO

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-12 Thread Elijah Newren
On 9/12/06, Lennart Borgman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would expect it to work with just one press of Alt. That is the way it > works on MS Windows and I think it is convenient. Is there any reason > that it should be harder on GNOME? If I am not mistaken, GNOME currently behaves exactly like

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-12 Thread Lennart Borgman
Elijah Newren wrote: > On 9/12/06, Maurizio Colucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> if I enable sticky keys (control panel -> keyboard -> accessibility), I >> loose the ability to ALT-TAB (unless, of course, I keep ALT pressed, which >> defeats the purpose of using sticky keys). Is

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-12 Thread Joachim Noreiko
--- Elijah Newren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you have sticky keys enabled, you should be able > to "make alt be > pressed and held" (not sure if this has a technical > term) by hitting > alt twice. If this wasn't properly explained in the GNOME accessibility guide, please file a bug :) http

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-12 Thread Elijah Newren
On 9/12/06, Maurizio Colucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > if I enable sticky keys (control panel -> keyboard -> accessibility), I > loose the ability to ALT-TAB (unless, of course, I keep ALT pressed, which > defeats the purpose of using sticky keys). Is there any way to switch the > act

Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab

2006-09-12 Thread Lennart Borgman
Maurizio Colucci wrote: > Hello, > > if I enable sticky keys (control panel -> keyboard -> accessibility), > I loose the ability to ALT-TAB (unless, of course, I keep ALT pressed, > which defeats the purpose of using sticky keys). Is there any way to > switch the active window with the keyboard