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I wish Apple would taketh away one of the modifier keys instead. They have Function, Control, Alt, Option, Command and Shift. Regularly I forget which one is
by nostromo 10y ago
I wish Apple would taketh away one of the modifier keys instead.
They have Function, Control, Alt, Option, Command and Shift.
Regularly I forget which one is which so I just start spamming them all.
And I can never remember what ⌥ is supposed to mean.
- Synaesthesia 10y agoYeah and I hit fn instead of ctrl on macs because I grew up using PC keyboards.
- geerlingguy 10y agoIt's worse when you alternate between Apple's larger USB keyboard with numeric keypad (which has wider Control, Option, and Command keys) and the laptop keyboard (which jams in a fn key before those three), and your pinky gets some form of PTSD from hitting the wrong button!
- lisper 10y ago> They have Function, Control, Alt, Option, Command and Shift. And modifier chords (option-cmd, shift-cmd, option-shift-cmd). If you used all combinations you'd have 64 different modifier combinations. Insanity!
- chc 10y agoAren't alt and option the same thing, or have I been missing some nuance for several decades? BTW, I think ⌥ is supposed to look like scales, representing "option." That's how I've always remembered it, anyway.
- Lio 10y agoThat's interesting. I always assumed it was a single pole double throw switch.
- weaksauce 10y agothe option key is supposed to resemble a path and when you press it you are taking the alternate path(also called the alt key)
- igravious 10y agoActually, now that I look at it afresh doesn't it remind you of a railroad switch. Can't believe I never noticed that before.
- tajen 10y agoIt's the electricity symbol for a switch.
- igravious 10y agoGotcha, thanks. Seems to be a near variant of a SPDT toggle switch, Single Pole Double Throw. Can't tell if it is technically an electrical symbol or an electronic symbol. http://www.rapidtables.com/electric/electrical_symbols.htm http://www.rapidtables.com/electric/electrical_symbols.htm (fifth symbol down) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_symbol#Switches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_symbol#Switches (second symbol along)
- reustle 10y agoInteresting, I always thought ⌥ was a 3 dimensional T laying flat (and the black is the shadow).