Re: [DHTML Style Guide] Tablist: why alt+del?

Joseph Scheuhammer wrote:
> David Bolter wrote:
>
>> Is anyone on this list collecting user data on Web2.0 Ux that could
>> inform this thread?
>>   
>
> While not Ux data, this old Mozilla bug is noteworthy:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108973#c0
>
> In the early days of Mozilla/FF tabbed browsing, users were
> surprised/annoyed by the browser window closing when they used cntl+w
> to close the active tab.  The fix was to handle cntl+w at the tab level.
>

Yep, and I agree we should swallow ctrl+w, just like we do in dijit
tabpanels (and on tabs). Looks like I added that in September 2007.

Regarding Ux I think I was referring more to another part of the thread
(that got chopped).

cheers,
David