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> In particular, don't put "close this window" on control-W and "quit this application" on control-Q. I'm looking at you, Firefox. I feel like on a Mac this is
by flanbiscuit 6y ago
> In particular, don't put "close this window" on control-W and "quit this application" on control-Q. I'm looking at you, Firefox.
I feel like on a Mac this is just about every single application. I actually thought this was an OS level shortcut and not something implemented by the applications themselves. Maybe it's offered out of the box but can be overridden? I'm not an Mac app dev so not sure how that all works.
I have accidentally hit the command-Q instead of command-W and it is very frustrating. I appreciate those apps that ask you to confirm quitting.
- wohfab 6y agoThe mac is extremely good in being bad in this. CMD+Control+Q locks the computer. Incredibly useful for office places, where you are not alone. Not quite hitting that Control-key though, and your app quits.
- flanbiscuit 6y agoI'm guessing people who design/choose shortcuts like to group similar/related action shortcuts near each other like copy/paste. I am constantly hitting command+c when meaning to command+v still to this day! Some apps will annoyingly copy a blank space (or clear your clipboard) if your cursor is in an input/textarea but you are not highlighting anything. Chrome does not do that, on Chrome if you do not have something highlighted it will not copy it.