On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Todd Chambery wrote: > Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 08:43:25 -0400 > From: Todd Chambery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Usability] "Input Methods" and "Insert Unicode Control > Character" in context menus > > Hi all, > > I've been using Gnome a while, and the "Input Methods"/"Insert Unicode > Control Character" options that show up in every text entry context > menu has always puzzled me. I've never had a need to use them (they > are "foreign" to a MS Windows user) and feel that they unnecessarily > clutter the context menu.
> Is there a way to turn off these context menu options? Not that I know of, but it may be possible. I believe they are for complex text input and developers insisted on having them in an easy to find place, and techincal considerations trumped usability cocerns. I was under the impression that improvements to Pango and the general text handling in Gnome might eventually allow these menu items to be removed entirely. Hopefully someone more expert can shed some light on these and explain it better. Sincerely Alan Horkan http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
