deloptes composed on 2016-05-17 21:14 (UTC+0200):

> Felix Miata wrote:

>> With only one PC, sure. But here, there are too many different machines
>> and logins for that to be viable. Why should Konsole tab navigation be
>> unconditionally different from virtually all other tabbed interface apps?
>> Who benefits?

> Perhaps because at the time the convention was not clear.
> For me it is much better to use Shift+arrow to switch over the console
> windows than CTRL+PgUp/PgDn.
> Another reason would be perhaps the availability and layout of those buttons
> on different keyboards.

> If you have 1000 pcs you should anyway need to manage them remotely and
> there are configuration management systems - saltstack.com is a good one.

Not 1000 alike. 1000 of which purposely few alike. Good defaults are very 
important here.

> Who benefits in changing it? Me definitely not. I'm just used to it and I
> think not only me.

Methinks you glossed over a keyword above:

	unconditionally
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