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On Saturday 31 March 2007 14:14, Olaf Schmidt wrote:
> I said that global shortcuts (Desktop and window management; navigation)
> cannot be used by applications. Those are limited in number, and we can
> reduce the number by making KDE more consistent with them.

We can?
That can only be done if KDE is the odd one out; as far as I can tell all t=
he=20
different desktop environments (incl. mac/win) have their own set of keys. =
So=20
I'm unsure what you mean with "making KDE more consistent with them"

> Since there is no technical solution to automatically switch between vast=
ly
> different application shortcuts schemes depending on the platform, and
> since there is no way for application authors to create all those differe=
nt
> schemes without running all those platforms, it is much easier to define
> few F-keys and other global shortcuts that are out of bounds for
> applications.

As stated elsewhere in this thread; just a few keys here and just a few key=
s=20
there add up. Significantly.  And, frankly, its the easy way out. And you=20
confirm; its the easiest way. I'm hoping we can aim for correct instead.
I'm also not convinced there is no technical solution.  Necessity is the=20
father of invention, afterall.

As Ellen is OK with Alt; I ask you to only focus on accessibility issues as=
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that is what your role is in the HCI WG.  Are there any a11y issues for=20
leaving F10 out of the default KDE theme? Again, its OK to add it to the=20
themed shortcut schemes.
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Thomas Zander

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