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How do you use a computer without function keys?
by everyone 9y ago
How do you use a computer without function keys?
- sitharus 9y agoEasily. Even as a full time software developer (full stack, SQL Server, C#, Typescript) I barely use the function keys. Everything's bound to chords I can easily hit without moving my hands. Of course, your set can be completely different, we all have our preferences and there's nothing wrong with that.
- s73v3r_ 9y agoI do it every day. The function keys to me always hid functionality, and I never found it easy to discover what they did. Usually there was another, and better documented way to do whatever they did anyway.
- masklinn 9y agoNormally? The only program I use regularly which needs function keys is htop. The only other I can think of is gitk, and I try to avoid that thing. MacOS/OSX doesn't really have a history of using function keys, so pretty much the only software which does is stuff which was "ported" from other unices where relying on function keys is more standard.
- crispinb 9y agoXcode (a macOS exclusive) uses function keys by default (for debugging). Cross-platform apps (not just ports) very commonly use F keys (eg. JetBrains stuff).
- fouc 9y agoIt's a good question, you made me think about how rarely do I touch that upper row of buttons on my MBP. Mostly I'm in a web browser or in terminal & vim, so I never end up using the function keys at all. What a waste.