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I agree completely. I'm currently working on a text editor tutorial [1], and one element I emphasize is learning how to use keyboard shortcuts. Future tutorials

by mhartl 11y ago

I agree completely. I'm currently working on a text editor tutorial [1], and one element I emphasize is learning how to use keyboard shortcuts. Future tutorials [2] will cover shortcuts for browsers and other apps as well. Cmd+L, URL, Cmd+Enter This trick doesn't work in Firefox, so I prefer Cmd-T Cmd-L URL Enter, which works in basically all browsers. But the point remains the same: these little productivity hacks add up, and after a while it's hard to imagine doing without them. [1]: Learn Enough™ Text Editor to Be Dangerous, http://learnenough.com/text-editor http://learnenough.com/text-editor [2]: Learn Enough™ to Be Dangerous, http://learnenough.com/ http://learnenough.com/

seanp2k2 11y ago
Don't forget the quick "convert the thing in your clipboard to plaintext so gmail won't paste it in that dumb font" of ^t ^v ^l ^c ^w ^v :)
newscracker 11y ago
> Cmd+L, URL, Cmd+Enter > This trick doesn't work in Firefox, so I prefer Cmd-T Cmd-L URL Enter I didn't understand what doesn't work in Firefox in your example. I use keyboard shortcuts while entering URLs and Firefox has the widest support to fill domain suffixes. Cmd/Ctrl+L takes you to the address bar. Type "domain" and then Cmd/Ctrl+Enter to visit www.domain.com, Shift+Enter to visit www.domain.net, Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Enter to visit www.domain.org. AFAIK, the original Ctrl+Enter for www.domain.com was from IE, but I haven't seen IE or Chrome support these additional combinations out of the box.
- mhartl 11y ago
  In Chrome or Safari, typing the URL and hitting Cmd-Enter opens the site in a new tab in the background, allowing you to keep reading the tab you're in. This is why _jomo mentioned "then switch back to the old site to keep on reading," which you don't have to do if you use the Cmd-Enter trick. But that trick doesn't work in Firefox.
  - newscracker 11y ago
    As I mentioned, the Cmd/Ctrl+Enter to go to a ".com" domain has been in Firefox (since the beginning of the browser) and comes from Internet Explorer. That's not going to go away. To me, the behavior of Chrome and Safari are quite annoying since I'm so used to getting to a ".com", ".net" or ".org" domain with the keyboard shortcuts in Firefox. :)

by mhartl 11y ago

seanp2k2 11y ago

Don't forget the quick "convert the thing in your clipboard to plaintext so gmail won't paste it in that dumb font" of ^t ^v ^l ^c ^w ^v :)

newscracker 11y ago

> Cmd+L, URL, Cmd+Enter > This trick doesn't work in Firefox, so I prefer Cmd-T Cmd-L URL Enter I didn't understand what doesn't work in Firefox in your example. I use keyboard shortcuts while entering URLs and Firefox has the widest support to fill domain suffixes. Cmd/Ctrl+L takes you to the address bar. Type "domain" and then Cmd/Ctrl+Enter to visit www.domain.com, Shift+Enter to visit www.domain.net, Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Enter to visit www.domain.org. AFAIK, the original Ctrl+Enter for www.domain.com was from IE, but I haven't seen IE or Chrome support these additional combinations out of the box.

mhartl 11y ago
In Chrome or Safari, typing the URL and hitting Cmd-Enter opens the site in a new tab in the background, allowing you to keep reading the tab you're in. This is why _jomo mentioned "then switch back to the old site to keep on reading," which you don't have to do if you use the Cmd-Enter trick. But that trick doesn't work in Firefox.
- newscracker 11y ago
  As I mentioned, the Cmd/Ctrl+Enter to go to a ".com" domain has been in Firefox (since the beginning of the browser) and comes from Internet Explorer. That's not going to go away. To me, the behavior of Chrome and Safari are quite annoying since I'm so used to getting to a ".com", ".net" or ".org" domain with the keyboard shortcuts in Firefox. :)