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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: why changing keys now?
From:       Neil Stevens <neil () qualityassistant ! com>
Date:       2001-06-11 12:38:39
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On Monday 11 June 2001 05:08 am, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I did a small test - I moved my .kde and restarted kde - only to find
> out the the sequence to close an app - instead of Alt F4 which was used
> until 2.1.2 - was changed to ALT ESC...
>
> Why????
>
> Sure, I can change it back to ALT F4 - but what about users who got used
> to press ALT F4 up until now? change to each one of them?

What's special about the completely random key sequence of Alt-F4?.  It's 
only virtue is that some of us (including me) are now hard-wired to use it 
due to prolonged exposure to Windows.

I will surely change it to Alt-F4 on my box, for my sanity, but I don't 
see why a desktop environment aimed at usability can't have, as default, a 
logically designed set of key combinations.  Windows, emacs, vi, and other 
sets are fine as options, but I see no reason not to have a clean, 
*designed* set of key combinations presented to the new user.

-- 
Neil Stevens
neil@qualityassistant.com
 
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