I think it's a usability bug. It makes absolutely no sense for things to work this way, and it's inconsistent with Kubuntu (Konqueror has the intuitive binding).
-- ctrl-mousewheelup reduces font size; should increase it https://launchpad.net/bugs/24543 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs