--- On Sat, 3/13/10, Tom H <tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Upstream, either Xorg or > Gnome. One of the reasons, IIRC, > >> was that > >> some people are using/could use that key combo by > mistake. > > > Using that reasoning, Ctrl-Alt-Del should be turned > off, too. That combo is even more dangerous. On my > keyboard, 'Backspace' and 'Del' are right next to one > another. But, you know, I've NEVER accidently or > unknowingly, keyed either 3-key combo. Not in 25+ years of > using computers daily. And I don't "do" computers for a > living. I just use them. > > In Firefox, ctrl-sfhit-del gives you the dialog box for > clearing > cookies, the cache, etc. I do not _really_ see how but > someone _could_ > in a moment of total inattention hit another more dangerous > three-key > combo... I was just reporting something that I had read > which may or > may not be the developers' only or real reason. You would > have to ask > them - or try to sift through some devel list archives... I wasn't chastising you, just commenting on the illogic of the "reasoning" of those who made the decision. And it would be pointless to go through the archives: The decision has been made, and the liklihood of it being reversed are extremely remote. At least, the option of overriding that decision is available to the user. B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
