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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE/kdelibs/kdeui/shortcuts
From:       Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-06-04 11:52:42
Message-ID: 5847e5cf0906040452n1cd8911fkbbeaa8d16c50bc0 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Luciano Montanaro <mikelima@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hasn't this thread blown way out of proportion??
>
> I mean, except for Kaffeine/KdeTv, I'm not reaching for the
> full-screen key all that often anyway...
> Am I an exception? Is this action really so important it needs two shortcuts?

Think netbooks and the like. It is very useful on smaller screens. As
I wrote in the thread, I have set it in KWin to make any window
full-screen and people who see me use it often ask me how I did it.
Aparently most ppl didn't know it was possible at all, if they
would've known they would be using it.

> If an application has a key to spare, I think an additional shortcut
> would do no harm and may come handy for those adapting to the new
> environment; otherwise I'd not add extra global shortcuts so lightly.
>
> --
> Luciano Montanaro
>
> Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on
> no account be allowed to do the job. -- Douglas Adams
>
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