On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 15:17 -0400, Joe Hartley wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:34:41 -0400 > Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For example, most apps (Firefox and IE) use "Ctrl-F" to 'Find in page'. > > Except Evolution, which forces you to use "Ctrl-S" to 'Find (Search) in > > page', because they have already bound Ctrl-F to 'Forward message'. > > > > This is a MAJOR usability bug; "We didn't feel like doing it the normal > > way" is NEVER a "good reason" for usability purposes. > > One could argue that since search in Emacs has been ^s for ages, that > those who use ^f are the ones who have broken convention for no good > reason. > True, but the Emacs people should have put a stop to it years ago before IE and Mozilla and Firefox made Ctrl-F the de facto standard. Nowadays if you want to integrate with the rest of the modern GUI desktop you'd better play ball. Lee
