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[Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 28. sep. 2011 11:24, skrev Stefanos A.:
> I just tried and the Launcher currently activates on key press, not 
> release. Super+2 activates without releasing the key.
Yes, and that would have to be changed.

> Change the key press to key release would indeed introduce an 
> unacceptable delay. I have already filed bugs on Unity for things that 
> are activated on release rather than press, like the BFB (now Dash 
> button - it's not movable so there's absolutely no reason to activate 
> on release). These things make Unity feel slow, even though it isn't. 
> Gratuitously introduce more delays is not the way to go.
Unacceptable delay? I estimate a delay of about 20ms. Perhaps you've 
misunderstood something?

> Especially since you can add a different shortcut for reordering, such 
> as Shift+Super, and keep *both* actions on key press. In fact, that's 
> how the workspace switcher works: Control+Alt is activated on key 
> down, as is Shift+Control+Alt. Simple, symmetrical and no additional 
> delays.
It would never make sense to cancel those events. That's something 
that's been bugging me about Gnome for many years, that if you clicked 
the wrong menu entry, then it was not possible to cancel it. You would 
have to run that application, close it, open the menu and then start the 
right application. If the action was initiated on release, then you 
could've simply pressed esc to cancel. It's seriously annoying to be 
unable to cancel launching LibreOffice because I hit 5 instead of 4. I 
should be able to hit esc before I release and prevent it.
> (Interesting anecdote: many reviewers commented that Office 2007 was 
> much faster than Office 2003 because its right-click menu activates on 
> mouse down and not mouse up. This was actually made a big deal back 
> then! I'm bringing this up to highlight that this is not a non-issue - 
> there is measurable speed difference that affects user satisfaction).

I am unable to verify that claim, but I've been told that many people 
gets kidnapped by aliens too. Those kinds of unsubstantiated claims 
carry very little weight with me. But you're talking about consistency? 
When you use the mouse, then the entries are not activated by press, but 
by release, and only if you don't press and hold for long periods of 
time, like more than one second. When you use the keyboard, it is 
opposite. Why is that a good idea?

In any event, I realized that it would be better to hold shift in alt+f1 
to move entries up and down.

Jo-Erlend Schinstad