My comparison between GNUcash and Skrooge (if anyone is interested)

[John Ralls]

On Sep 27, 2012, at 6:33 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Algeorge <agm.alistairgg at mailnull.com> writes:
>> 3..GNUcash does not accept standards keys. For example when you have a tab
>> open the usual way to close it would be Ctrl-F4, but you must use the close
>> button! This inconsistency is consistent through GNUcash and IMHO a bad
>> decision from the programmers as its very easy to implement a user friendly
>> interface, which would make a real difference to user experience.
>> Alistair./
> 
> Define "standard" here.  Gnome-Terminal uses Shift-Control-Q to close a
> window.  Firefox uses Control-W.  Evolution uses Control-W.  I don't
> know anything that uses Control-F4 on Linux.

Indeed. The standards that we try to follow are the respective platform Human Interface Guidelines. Gnome's [1] specifies ctrl-W for "close".

Regards,
John Ralls

[1] http://developer.gnome.org/hig-book/3.4/input-keyboard.html.en#standard-shortcuts