A humble concern about keyboard abilities of GNOME

Sabri Ünal via desktop-devel-list <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.desktop
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Dear GNOME Community

I've been using GNOME-based Ubuntu Linux distributions since 2009. I 
accept me as a desktop-focused Linux user.

I like to improve GNOME applications and I have been a GNOME Translator 
for some years. I also keen on finding bugs and reporting them. My 
favourite GNOME application is GIMP and I have translated 40% of it 
recently.

I have a concern. GNOME has been focusing on some responsible sides of 
application recently but missing some fundamental keyboard-based common 
usages.

As HIG (Human Interface Guidelines) defines some interface guidelines, I 
believe we need a keyboard guideline too.

IMHO, a GNOME application should have some common keyboard commons. For 
example:

* F1: Show help
* F10: Open menu (if it has has a gear/hamburger menu)
* F11: Fullscreen (if it has this ability)
* Ctrl + F1: Keyboard shortcuts

* Each GNOME application (Especially, if its name starts with GNOME) 
must at least have a help page which describes the ability of application.
* Each GNOME application (Especially, if its name starts with GNOME) 
must have the Keyboard Shortcuts page.

* Keyboard Shortcuts page must list these shortcuts under the General 
section:
- F1: Show help
- F10: Open menu (if it has has a Gear/Hamburger menu)
- F11: Fullscreen (if it has this ability)
- Ctrl + F1: Keyboard shortcuts

My suggestion most probably solve some usability problems.

-- 
Sabri Unal
Free/Open Source software translator.
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