[Bug 41427] Re: "slow keys" can turn on surreptitiously & cause confusion.

[Scott Wood]

I was hit by this on 12.04 with Xfce (not sure if this belongs in a
different bug), which doesn't seem to have any way to permanently
disable from its config panel.  Took we a while to figure out how to
type at all in order to search for what I'd done -- and it was very
difficult to hold the key exactly the length required (which was very
long, much more than I'd expect would be required for someone who's
having trouble with accidental adjacent keypresses), but not long enough
to trigger autorepeat (I have the repeat delay set to the 250 ms that
used to be standard, but even the now-for-some-reason-default 500 ms or
so would probably be too short compared to the very long initial delay).

It also seems perverse that a feature that requires you to hold keys
down for a long time as part of normal use, would be disabled by holding
a certain key down for a long time.

I agree with those that say it should be disabled by default --
especially if it's not going to even ask for confirmation via a dialog
box.

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  "slow keys" can turn on surreptitiously & cause confusion.

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