On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 09:57 +0100, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > > --- Maurizio Colucci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Never mind, I found the problem: in keyboard > > preferences -> layout options > > -> group/shift-lock behavior, I had to disable "both > > alt keys together > > change group". > > Urg. > Why do we even have this ugly little tab section? > I understand these options are provided by X, but why? > What needs to happen to kill them off or fold them > into GNOME properly, or bring them kicking and > screaming into the rest of the GUI?
Easier said than done. There are people who use those options. I'm one of those people, because I like using a Compose key. We can't just ditch them. The list of options comes from the X server, so we can't just have a static dialog with all the options neatly laid out. I do think, however, that we can improve on the dialog. It just takes some thought. We could, for instance, have a nearly-static layout with all the options we consider common. We don't dynamically add anything to this layout, but we do remove from it any options that aren't supported by the X server. We still have to provide access to everything, so we put a button at the bottom which brings up a dialog with a tree view with all the options in it, similar to the current dialog. -- Shaun _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
