Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.1) Installed from: SuSE RPMs Please allow to browse between tabs with Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down, like in any other (KDE or not) application. It's only two KActions to add but it would save lot of time and is a normal expectation that need to be addressed to make Akregator consistent with the other desktop applications.
The shortcuts are Ctrl+./Ctrl+, which are the default shortcuts in other KDE apps, e.g. konqueror and konversation. Ctrl+pgup and Ctrl+pgdown are the shortcuts in Firefox here (and maybe Gnome, haven't tested). ("here" == Kubuntu Breezy). Maybe your distribution adjusted the KDE shortcuts for most apps but forgot about Akregator?
I wasn't knowing that "standard shortcuts" were so bad! It's not usable with non-US keyboards. It's lame on french keyboards, for instance: one of the shortcut need Shift, the other so not need Shift, they are situated in a region were you need to put your eys on the keyboard, "make the difference between the symbol keys" and then choose and press the key (, ; . : / ! are somewhat looking like each other, so it needs thinking to find the good one). And it's far less usable/discoverable. It does mean nothing. No mnemotechnic way to remember them. It also still need two hands... I knew that KDE defaults were often choosen without thinking about, but for a so trivial shortcut, that's surprising me... Oh, and I used Mandrake and now SuSE: I can use Ctrl+Page* on both of them for almost every applications, unless it's already took (in KDevelop), then Alt+Left/Right is working.
You're not looking at a keyboard with an U.S. layout, that's why you're saying they're "chosen without thinking" and "non-mnemonic". , and . are also the keys where < and > are. The secondary combination is Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+], which is also probably U.S.-Layout-centric. So I agree that the saner defaults would be Ctrl+PgUp and Ctrl+PgDown. Lots of shortcuts are chosen based on the U.S. keyboard only. Why do you think WinAmp chose Z, X, C, V, B for the Eject, Rew, Pause, Play, FF combination? Why do you think Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V were chosen as Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste (as opposed to the earlier and far more mnemonic Ctrl+Backspace, Shift+Del, Ctrl+Insert, Shift+Insert)?
That's true, I'm french. I wasn't knowing , and . are also the keys where < and > are on US keyboards. BTW, I think a lot of KDE users are living in central europe (mainly Germany), then a lot of us are suffuring that US keyboard layout: having mnemonic keys where possible would be a must. And Ctrl+PgUp and Ctrl+PgDown are on every keyboards. I'm not using WinAmp, mainly because of its bad usability (and because I'm now on Linux :-) ). But for the Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, at least they are standard accross OSes. And while that's true they are better mnemonic than Ctrl+Backspace, Shift+Del, Ctrl+Insert, Shift+Insert, I never thinked those DOS shortcuts were so usable. I always confused Ctrl+Insert and Shift+Insert! They are similarious (use the Insert key with one modifier key) but do quite different actions: one paste (related to "Insert") and one copy (do not insert anything). Which one was doing the insertion? I can't tell you... IMHO, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V are more different and thus better memorisable.
It is possible to change the shortcut to Ctrl+Up/Ctrl+Down in KDE SC 4. (both individual apps and global) Can be closed imo.