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I've been using Mac OS since it was System 6, and I feel like power user features have been commonly hidden behind things like "hold option" for about that lon
by mistercow 11y ago
I've been using Mac OS since it was System 6, and I feel like power user features have been commonly hidden behind things like "hold option" for about that long. The difference now seems to be that it's not always power user features.
Example of a good feature to hide behind "hold option": removing the "..." from "Sleep...", "Shut Down...", etc. in the apple menu, meaning that selecting them won't prompt you before executing the command.
Example of a bad feature to hide behind "hold option": clicking the green window button to maximize instead of going to full screen.
- dpkonofa 11y agoWhy is that a bad feature? It seems pretty logical to me that clicking "Option" would give you a variation (another Option) of the chosen operation. In that case, clicking the green "full screen" button gives you a "full screen" on the current desktop instead of creating a new one.
- qyv 11y agoBecause requiring the use of two hands on two different input devices to access a feature that is not advertised to the user in any fashion is completely and utterly unintuitive.
- iSnow 11y agoTwo hands? The alt-button is 3cm from my trackpad.
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoThe first is a power user function that few people will want, and those who do will know to go looking for it. The second is a function with common utility, arguably more utility than the default use of that button,* and most people who would want to use it will never know it exists. *Especially on recent versions of MacOS, where fullscreening an app moves it to a different desktop.