Re: GNOME Panel++

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi Vincent:

Thanks for asking!  We generally try to make sure bugs are filed so
there are no surprises.  I did a quick bugzilla search and came across
the following.  Some are gnome-applets related, but I think there might
be some opportunity in gnome-panel to help them.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103223 - Notification Area
needs keynav.  This is a long standing bug which has been the source of
much frustration for keyboard only users.  The underlying cause has
since been pushed to GTK+, but it gives an example of the kinds of
things to look for.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342094 - Keyboard navigation
in applications menu.  I'm not sure I completely agree with this one.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=428074 - Mixer applet breaks
keyboard navigation.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307981 - Launcher properties
provides no way of specifying a keyboard shortcut.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331693 - No keyboard-shortcut
for Drawer on gnome-panel.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149495 - keyboard bindings
(related to Stickynotes).

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463934 - Keyboard accelerators
are incoherent (comment from a heavy keyboard user)

As a general rule of thumb for tracking down keyboard navigation
problems, unplug your mouse and see if you can still access the features
of your application efficiently.

Thanks!

Will

On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 20:48 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote:
> Hi Willie,
> 
> Le lundi 24 septembre 2007, �0:01 -0400, Willie Walker a �it :
> > Hi Alex:
> > 
> > Thanks for sending out this call for input.  :-)
> > 
> > Being able to reliably interact with the gnome-panel and its applets via
> > the keyboard alone would be a major boost to its usability.
> 
> Care to elaborate about those issues so we try to avoid repeating the
> same errors again? :-)
> 
> Vincent
>