Map some other function to the insert key

[Justin Mason]

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Thom May writes:
> * Yuan Qi (gmanenews.3.maxchee at spamgourmet.com) wrote :
> > I hope everyone is aware of this: 
> > http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2005/04/11/ubuntu
> > 
> > One of the usability problems the author have mentioned in his article 
> > is the fact that the insert key is mapped to the overwrite mode. Since 
> > most computer users (even intermediate users) are not aware of this 
> > mode, they will be confused and frustrated by the software's "buggy" 
> > behaviour. Therefore, I suggest that we either map a different function 
> > to this key or just disable it. Personally, I think the Paste function 
> > is the most sensible function to be mapped to the insert key.
> > 
> > 
> I hate to say it, but mpt's article occasionally fails to discern between
> ideal UI and the real world. Given that we're a user-centric distribution,
> our priority has to be *all* our users, not just the utter newbies who've
> never touched a computer before. Caps Lock especially is used by a
> surprising number of people; I know for a fact that both my parents, by way
> of an example, use caps lock extensively and break into tears whenever they
> use my computers that have ctrl:nocaps.
> At most, we should disable the insert key entirely and leave Caps Lock
> totally alone, however I think this is still going too far and that we
> should leave both keys well alone.

Yeah, I'll second that heartily -- my GF (a non-techie user, as Thom can
vouch!) uses caps-lock a *lot*, and finds my ergonomic keyboard hard 
enough to use without my having disabled that key ;)

- --j.
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