Midori Web Browser

Bug #715082
Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 715082

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v_2e (v-2e) wrote on 2011-07-21:

#12

A patch fixing the quick-search key for Russian and Ukrainian keyboard layouts. Edit (869 bytes, text/plain)

  Hello!
  I use Midori 0.3.6 at the moment and it looks like it still starts numbering the hyperlinks instead of opening a search bar when I press "/" in Russian and Ukrainian layout. This is extremely inconvenient - to use different key combinations in different layout to do the same thing.
  As I showed in my previous post (with the attached image), Russian and Ukrainian users have to press "Shift+/" to open a search bar when in Russian or Ukrainian keyboard layot, and "/" when in English layout. Working in a web browser requires to type in English very often anyway, while the users like me also often type texts in our native languages and layouts. In such case it is very uncomfortable to press the "/" key, then to see that it begins to number the links, press the "/" key again to switch off the numbering and then press "Shift+/" to begin a "quick-search".
  And by the way, on many websites with a relatively big number of hyperlinks on a page this hyperlink numbering makes Midori consume 100% of the CPU time and not reacting on the user's actions for some time.

  So I've got several concrete questions to Midori developers:
  * What is the link numbering feature for? Is it used more often than a quick search feature?
  * Why did you change the policy in this question with Midori 3.2.9 release? Did some Russian or Ukrainian users complain about the existing situation (at that moment)?
  * Is it possible to change this behaviour back to pre-Midori-3.2.9 state? It had been just fine. Moreover, this was one of the most decisive factors for me to choose Midori out of a huge range of web browsers (and even to prefer it to Firefox) in spite of the lack of stability. So why change the features which *Midori* users like? Are there any serious reasons for this?

Please, pay some attention to these questions and take some minute to answer them, since they are really important.
And thank you for working on Midori in any case.

P.S. I suggest a small patch which makes using both the quick-search and hyperlink-numbering features absolutely identical with English, Russian and Ukrainian (and maybe many other) layouts.
  Moreover, the users of English layout won't even notice this slight change, since all the previous key combinations work the same way except for one kay action added. Namely, pressing the "Shift+/" (which gives a "?" sign) combination starts hyperlink-numbering.
  As for the users of Russian and Ukrainian layouts, they will experience the pre-Midori-0.2.9 quick-search combination with this patch. And will have the ability to start hyperlink-numbering with "Shift+." (which physically corresponds to the very same "Shift+/" combination in the English layout and gives the character ",").
  A major advantage of such a patch is that the users may use the same *physical* key combinations which makes it way more convenient to use the vital quick-search function (especially for the "touch-typers") without loosing any other functionality (such as the hyperlink-numbering one).

Regards,
Vladimir

Hello!
  I use Midori 0.3.6 at the moment and it looks like it still starts numbering the hyperlinks instead of opening a search bar when I press "/" in Russian and Ukrainian layout. This is extremely inconvenient - to use different key combinations in different layout to do the same thing. 
  As I showed in my previous post (with the attached image), Russian and Ukrainian users have to press "Shift+/" to open a search bar when in Russian or Ukrainian keyboard layot, and "/" when in English layout. Working in a web browser requires to type in English very often anyway, while the users like me also often type texts in our native languages and layouts. In such case it is very uncomfortable to press the "/" key, then to see that it begins to number the links, press the "/" key again to switch off the numbering and then press "Shift+/" to begin a "quick-search".
  And by the way, on many websites with a relatively big number of hyperlinks on a page this hyperlink numbering makes Midori consume 100% of the CPU time and not reacting on the user's actions for some time.

Please, pay some attention to these questions and take some minute to answer them, since they are really important.
  And thank you for working on Midori in any case.

P.S. I suggest a small patch which makes using both the quick-search and hyperlink-numbering features absolutely identical with English, Russian and Ukrainian (and maybe many other) layouts. 
  Moreover, the users of English layout won't even notice this slight change, since all the previous key combinations work the same way except for one kay action added. Namely, pressing the "Shift+/" (which gives a "?" sign) combination starts hyperlink-numbering.
  As for the users of Russian and Ukrainian layouts, they will experience the pre-Midori-0.2.9 quick-search combination with this patch. And will have the ability to start hyperlink-numbering with "Shift+." (which physically corresponds to the very same "Shift+/" combination in the English layout and gives the character ",").
  A major advantage of such a patch is that the users may use the same *physical* key combinations which makes it way more convenient to use the vital quick-search function (especially for the "touch-typers") without loosing any other functionality (such as the hyperlink-numbering one).

Regards,
    Vladimir