420360 - Shortcut for "open new tab" differs between link and bookmarks (new window is the same)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 301888

(Firefox :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Andreas]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12

When right-clicking on a page link, the option to open this link in a new tab has the shortcut key "t" for new _t_ab. (btw. w is for new _w_indow).

When right-clicking on a bookmarks link, the option to open this link in a new tab has the shortcut key "w" for ne_w_ tab. (btw. n for _n_ew window)

That's bad usability. Users expect the shortcuts to be the same all over time. I know it is fatuous to implment, but as i expect "new tab" and "new window" to be some very often used features, this should be harmonized.

I am not sure, but it could even be better to not offer any shortcut at all than offering a different one. In bookmarks "t" stands for cu_t_. so in worst case, i cut loose bookmarks instead of opening them in a new tab.  =:o(

The whole right-click menu has these differences. Not offering shortcuts for cut, copy, paste could be a way. There's possibility with ctrl-x, etc. when editing bookmarks.

Perhaps there's room to change this in future releases (the next major release could easily deal with that without too much troubles with other shortcuts / plugins / ...)

I am very sure, the problem occurs in other languages, too.

Reproducible: Always