> > OpenSolaris is trying so hard to be Linux that it hurts. But the > > main audience is not Linux switchers who might have used gnome-terminal > > before. And the non-functional pgup/pkgdown keys is invariably the > > first complaint I hear from those people who actually do sit down to > > try OpenSolaris (it was mine too, btw). > > It is so intriguing that tinny things can have so big impact when it comes > to user experience. People are unwilling to press SHIFT: SHIFT + PGUP/DN > when this combination can be pressed with one hand !!!
I don't think it's unwillingness. It's more an unfulfilled expectation. The behavior of the pgup and pgdown keys is counter-intuitive. You get the beating for a design decision by the Gnome people here, I know. > > I fail to understand why this simple change has not found the way > > into JDS/OpenSolaris. Sun could change the first user reaction from > > "they can't even configure the terminal correctly" to "feels just > > like home" in an instant. Sigh. > > I could not find such a setting in KDE's Konsole as well. I wouldn't look there, I'll use CDE as long as the last available binaries will run on the then-current Solaris. :-) Best regards -- Volker -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Sun Solaris Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim Email: vab at bb-c.de Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgr??e: 45 Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Rainer J. H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt
