[Bug 219412] Re: start/windows key does nothing

[Jay]

Yuri, Have you never used Windows?The key when used on its own was added /specifically/ to bring up the start menu. I'm pretty sure.It still works as a modifier, Windows and KDE both implement start-r as "run". Windows has a few others like start-e for Explorer. Most of them aren't well known. Its use as a modifier does not interfere with its use standalone. Pushing it down doesn't do anything. Only upon the release does the start menu come up, giving you a chance to push another key to be modified. The overwhelming use of the key is for the start menu. I never previously realized it was a modifier used for anything and I failed to realize that windows/start-r is actually that.
 
Anyway, it's obvious what it should do.
The negative reactions to this bug i expected were more like "agreed. but no time, low priority, punt a while", or "keyboards vary too much punt to hal", or nothing at all. I am impressed with your guys' responsiveNESS to bugs, but not your actual responses. To actually justify that the current behavior is correct..
 
Not fixing this bug would be quite disappointing.
 
 - Jay


> From: yuriy.kozlov at gmail.com> To: jayk123 at hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 19
Apr 2008 23:30:09 +0000> Subject: [Bug 219412] Re: start/windows key
does nothing> > That is a good point. It is used as a modifier key for
shortcuts by> default in some software. Perhaps we should use it more
often, but it> probably shouldn't do anything by itself.> > ** Changed
in: kubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu)> Status: Confirmed => Invalid> >
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219412> You received this bug
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in Source Package "kubuntu-default-settings" in Ubuntu: Invalid> > Bug
description:> Kubuntu 8.4 Hardy Heron beta KDE 4> all updates/upgrades>
> The start/windows key doesn't do anything.> It should bring up the K
menu.

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