F11: xorg decision to disable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Mon Mar 30 22:40:59 UTC 2009


Once upon a time, Emmanuel Seyman <emmanuel.seyman at club-internet.fr> said:
> * Arthur Pemberton [30/03/2009 23:51] :
> > No one has describe how having this is bad design. I asked, all I have
> > heard is because someone may accidentally press three keys
> > concurrently.
> 
> That's pretty much the definition of bad design.

I've typed in a text box in Firefox and hit Ctrl+W ("erase word" for
years on Unix systems, including older Firefox, but now "close window")
and lost information.  It is a lot easier to hit Ctrl+W than
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace.  Firefox only prompts on Ctrl+W if you have multiple
tabs.
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
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