Comment 80 for bug 124406
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| positivek (anonyhole) wrote Re: Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat (Feisty, Gutsy) | #80 |
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I believe this bug should be upgraded in importance as it can cause loss of work. More importantly, in my mind, are possible implications of input synchrony issues.
If an application is not guaranteed the complete sequence of user-input events (e.g. key-down, key-up, etc.), then I have doubts about how honestly the (buggy) system can be used in apps that require the guarantee. Imagine medical, financial, server, mathematical, scientific, or other "critical" apps. In my opinion, only under very specific situations should user-input be processed in probabilistic ways, yet a more general indeterminacy is suggested by this bug. I also ask if security issues might arise from the (synchrony issues) of this bug.
In short, this is not simply an annoying behavior of a user interface to be worked around by adjusting key-repeat settings, but is perhaps the symptom of deeper (and hidden) problems.