Comment 44 for bug 41427

My proposal is simple: just KILL this "feature".

Rationale: just count number of related bug reports. It is constantly causing problems. It's very hard to google properly (especially with keyboard that types one character per second). Just recently I discovered that Gnome 3 doesn't actually offer any proper dialog to disable this feature. I had to resort to gconf-editor instead.

It would make any sense, if turning slow keys on by holding Shift would actually solve anything for anyone. The fact is however that I can't imagine anyone to whom this would be useful. A less advanced user will never in the world find out (otherwise than by accident) that holding SHIFT toggles this function on/off. A person who needs slow keys is as a matter of fact more likely to disable this feature by accident.

Please, just KILL it. It's been a TERRIBLE idea right from the start. It's even worse than "Ctrl+Shift switches keyboard layout" under Windows. Please, listen to your users and just KILL this shortcut. It's incredibly annoying for the advanced users. Is virtually useless for those who need slow keys.

If you think otherwise, please give my any explanation as to "what is it actually for?". I can't seem to see any.