On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Calum Benson <calum.ben...@sun.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 22:35 +0200, Natan Yellin wrote:
>
>
> > I agree, but lets aim for default shortcuts that people already
> > recognize from other applications. Ctrl-PgUp/Down is the de facto
> > standard.
>
> Depends which 'people' you're talking about, of course :) In GNOME, Ctrl
> +Alt+PgUp/PgDn is really the current standard, as that's the only
> keybinding that works in all situations (because some focused controls
> in tabbed dialogs will eat Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn).
We're going to have some confused users no matter.
Most GNOME users (both potential users and current users) have used Firefox
at some point. Even if they're accustomed to Ctrl+Alt+PgUp, they'll be able
to figure out that the shortcut is Ctrl+PgUp when Ctrl+Alt+PgUp does't work.
On the other hand, if we use Ctrl+Alt+PgUp, a large group of people who are
only used to Ctrl+PgUp wont succeed in figuring out the keyboard shortcut.
> And Mac users will likely be more familiar with Cmd+Shift+[ and Cmd
> +Shift+] (aka Cmd+{ and Cmd+}, depending on keyboard layout), as used in
> the likes of Safari and Terminal.app.
>
I'm not sure about that. I was a Mac user for two years and I still learned
to use Ctrl+PgUp because of Firefox.
>
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
>
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