(In reply to :Gavin Sharp (email ga...@gavinsharp.com) from comment #56) > Unfortunately fixing this at this point would be disastrous for muscle > memory/user habits, so it's just not feasible.
The problem with not fixing it is that the current behavior *is* atrocious for muscle memory/user habit, as (at least on Mac OS X, I can't speak for other OSes) currently, Firefox is the only browser that doesn't open a new tab when pressing Cmd+Return. This (and several other little things that are beyond the scope of this bug) makes it very hard for new users to switch to Firefox from e.g. Safari, where Cmd+Return means Open URL in a new tab (and, FWIW, Cmd+click means Open link in a new tab, Alt+Return means Download URL, and Alt+click means Download link.) I believe you should at the very least consider parity with other browsers / UX integration with the platform. This is a summary of the current behavior of the three main browsers on OS X: Browser | Cmd-Return | Alt-Return | Cmd-click | Alt-click Safari | Open in a new tab | [Download URL] | Open in a new tab | Download link Chrome(Chromium) | Open in a new tab | Open in a new tab | Open in a new tab | Download link Firefox | [Auto-completion] | Open in a new tab | Open in a new tab | [Nothing?] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/66566 Title: Inconsistent shortcuts for new tab Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Won't Fix Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “firefox-3.5” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: There are currently too many shortcuts when opening a link in a new tab: - location bar: <ALT> + <ENTER> - GO button: <CTRL> + click - search bar: <CTRL> + <ENTER> - SEARCH button <ALT> + click - links: <SHIFT> + click - menu bar: <CTRL> + click - BACKWARD/FORWARD button: <CTRL> + click This is one of the reasons I'm keeping with Opera. There it is always the shift key and I have to remember only one key. Thanks for reading! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/66566/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
