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Do the actually not like their users?

Do the actually not like their users?

Posted Apr 24, 2008 8:54 UTC (Thu) by Cato (subscriber, #7643)
In reply to: Do the actually not like their users? by jamesh
Parent article: The Grumpy Editor encounters the Hardy Heron

It's good that there's a central preference, but why on earth is this under Keyboard?  Surely
it should be under Appearance, Behaviour or similar ...


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Do the actually not like their users?

Posted Apr 24, 2008 9:57 UTC (Thu) by jamesh (subscriber, #1159) [Link]

Probably because it is related to handling of keyboard input?

It also happens to be where Windows and MacOS X put it, and there doesn't seem to be many
compelling reasons to be different (save that for places where it matters).

Do the actually not like their users?

Posted Apr 26, 2008 13:38 UTC (Sat) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

Perhaps because on Windows and Mac it is off by default, and nobody in their right minds sees a sensible reason to switch it on, so nobody ever tries to find it?

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