For what's its worth, I've filed a feature request: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=312600
Cheers, Todd On 8/3/05, Todd Chambery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not a case where having the menus means a loss of productivity on > my part, but rather a recognition that for the vast majority of the > English-speaking world (as evidenced by the lack of these menus on an > American English MS Windows installation) these menus will never be > used, and may rightly be called "clutter". > > There are plenty of options on many menus that get little use, but the > context menu is invoked frequently, so options included here should > only be those immediately relevant to the situation or user. > > I'm not suggesting they be removed from the system, or even turned off > by default. Just that there be a way to turn them off for those who > will never use them. > > Cheers, > > Todd > > On 8/3/05, Jan Morén <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ons 2005-08-03 klockan 19:22 -0400 skrev Rodney Dawes: > > > They are for text input using the keyboard. The fact that they are there > > > > [...] > > > > > I would probably suggest just not using it, if you do not want to use it > > > for now. Perhaps in the future, this could be an option in the Keyboard > > > or Locale settings, though. > > > > If you don't have a separate input method handler like UIM, you will > > want to have this in the context menu to set it on a per-input area > > basis. You may want to write email in English sometimes, and in Thai (or > > whatever) other times. You have perhaps one open spreadsheet in one > > language and a different one in another. I switch between the different > > Japanese input methods and western language all the time. > > > > Having to switch input method globally would be really, really > > inconvenient. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 15:59 +0100, Alan Horkan wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Usability mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability > > -- > > Tel. (Japan) 090-3622 8920 Dr. Jan Morén (mr) > > Sweden: +46-31 360 7723 Dept. of Cognitive Science > > http://lucs.lu.se/people/jan.moren Lund, Sweden > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Usability mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability > > > _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
