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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Proposal: Removal of Ctrl-C shortcut
From:       Allan Sandfeld Jensen <kde () carewolf ! com>
Date:       2005-05-23 20:14:55
Message-ID: 200505232214.56573.kde () carewolf ! com
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On Monday 23 May 2005 21:02, Leo Savernik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> today I've hit Ctrl-C (Copy to clipboard) by accident again, and this
> time it was once too many. I hereby propose to remove this shortcut by
> default.
>
> Rationale:
> Ctrl-C is very easily pressed by accident, when one intends to press
> Ctrl-V (Paste clipboard content), or perhaps Ctrl-X. With many applications
> there is no safety dialog at all, overwriting the existing clipboard
> content immediately. IMHO this is a glaring usability issue, leading to
> much frustration, if you e.g. overwrite clipboard content with important
> data in it.
>
Sort of defeated by the fact we have already solved the problem with 
Klipper ;)

But you could argue we should disable enter because it so big and easy to hit 
that you often send stuff in Kopete you never meant to.

`Allan
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