On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:08:02 +0200, David Neary <dneary@xxxxxxx> wrote: > In the current situation, I think it's reasonable to fit in with > what others do in the general case, which dynamic shortcuts > provide a way to revert to the old behaviour. When the others are > everyone using a Mac, plus people who come to the GIMP from KDE > or GNOME applications, and PhotoShop users, I think the benefits > of a familiar keybinding are self-evident. > > If you like, I'm arguing populism here. More people use > Ctrl-Shift-Z as redu than Ctrl-R. Therefore, until there is a very > good reason to change, we should do the same. In addition, a > considerable body of usability work reccommends this keymapping. Just my 0.02 Euro... I agree with Dave: the majority of the GIMP users are using it very seldom and spend most of their time with other applications. So the consistency with other applications should have a large weight when making decisions. And in this case, the drawbacks have a rather low weight because it is easy for the more experienced users to re-assign the shortcut if they are not satisfied with Ctrl-Shift-Z. We should try to help those who are not using the GIMP frequently (yet) as long as the costs for the more experienced users are minimal. -Raphaël
