Map some other function to the insert key

[Johan Walles]

Speaking for myself, if nothing happened when I pressed INSERT I'd file 
a Bugzilla about it.

IMO, just disabling it is out of the question.  Providing some feedback 
the first time it is pressed would be much better.

As for the intrusiveness of that feedback, I think the help bubbles 
that somebody in this thread talked about earlier sounded like a good 
way of notifying the user about this.

  Regards //Johan

-----Original Message-----
From: Yuan Qi <gmanenews.3.maxchee at spamgourmet.com>
To: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 07:50:29 -0400
Subject: Re: Map some other function to the insert key

I think there is a consensus here that we should disable the insert key 
and leave the caps lock alone.

 Yuan Qi 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.
 > >
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