Re: [Usability] Galeon's Find Feature

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, John R Lenton wrote:

> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 23:07:40 -0300
> From: John R Lenton <john grulic org ar>
> To: usability gnome org
> Subject: Re: [Usability] Galeon's Find Feature
>
> On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 01:58:53PM +0800, Colin Charles wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Accessing the Find feature in Galeon is as simple as hitting Ctrl+F (or
> > getting it via the menu with Edit -> Find).
> >
> > When a search is made within the text, the default action of the Enter
> > key is that of the Next button.
> >
> > However, to get rid of the search window, instead of a commonly accepted
> > Esc key being hit, a user has to use the Alt+C button.
> >
> > In terms of keyboard usability, maybe we should allow the Esc button to
> > be utilised.
>
> wow! you mean people are still using that? I thought everybody was
> searfhing for text with /text, repeating last search with ^G. Is there
> any reason for Edit -> Find / ^F to still be around?

Yes.

Discoverability.
Consistency.


Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/