Comment 11 for bug 355018

Since 8.04->10.04, this was the greatest usability f-up i've experienced with Ubuntu. Maybe that is because i used xubuntu until I recently got a new computer and never turned on the visualizations.

However, if this is not considered an "urgent" bug, it seems like some user hints in the keyboard settings would be very important. (like hey buddy, your keyboard may act crazy due to the appearance changes you made)

I think this should be an URGENT issue due to the likelihood that many novice users would give up on Ubuntu before they made it to the smart work around above.

They could get locked out of any program that required entering capital letters or symbols. What a turn off to beginners.

System->Appearance->Visual Effects->Normal

Toggling visual effects from default to Normal should not eliminate the ability to do everyday tasks.

I could see a scenario where a user becomes locked out of their computer, website, email or whatever because they can no longer type the symbols or capital letters in their password.

The natural place to try to fix this would be the "keyboard" settings. However, the bug is really only avoided by turning off the "normal" visual effects.

Turning this on has also led to minor annoyances like inability to type due to loss of the proper focus.

A proper fix for now would be to have a button "restore default key bindings" for this device and user profile. keyboard (or input device settings) preferences.