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My personal pet peeve is what every Squarespace-powered site on the internet (many millions!) does to the esc key. Example: https://www.folioeast.com/ https://

My personal pet peeve is what every Squarespace-powered site on the internet (many millions!) does to the esc key. Example: https://www.folioeast.com/ https://www.folioeast.com/ I never realized how often I use the esc key until I started getting routed to Squarespace logins all over the place.

athorax 5y ago
Oh. My. God. I have been wondering why when I come back to my PC after it being asleep I've been on random squarespace login pages. I usually tap esc a couple of times to wake up my computer.
- macintux 5y ago
  I learned years ago to use as “safe” a key as possible to wake up my computer, so I settled on Control. Wish I could remember what led me to that decision.
  - recursive 5y ago
    I do the same thing. It's right on the corner. And alt frequently activates a menu.
  - icoder 5y ago
    I use caps lock, apart from being safe it also gives a bit of feedback in the form of the light going on/off even before the conplete wakeup.
    - gpm 5y ago
      I've also discovered that capslock is a useful way of detecting (linux) kernel panics. If everything freezes, and capslock stops toggling that light, your kernel is dead.
      - smichel17 5y ago
        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key
  - anthonyu 5y ago
    I use Control as well, and it was an adaptation to prevent typing spaces or letters into the password field that I would have to delete before typing in my password. Perhaps you had a similar experience.
  - rawbot 5y ago
    Careful, you might let a few shots off in Quake like that. Trigger discipline and all.
  - dugmartin 5y ago
    To wake up my computers I play "shave and a haircut, two bits" with my shift keys, alternating between them.
  - selfhoster11 5y ago
    I use control. It's neutral to password entry on Windows and Linux lock screens, and either neutral or an escape key from a VM back to the main desktop.

athorax 5y ago

Oh. My. God. I have been wondering why when I come back to my PC after it being asleep I've been on random squarespace login pages. I usually tap esc a couple of times to wake up my computer.

macintux 5y ago
I learned years ago to use as “safe” a key as possible to wake up my computer, so I settled on Control. Wish I could remember what led me to that decision.
- recursive 5y ago
  I do the same thing. It's right on the corner. And alt frequently activates a menu.
- icoder 5y ago
  I use caps lock, apart from being safe it also gives a bit of feedback in the form of the light going on/off even before the conplete wakeup.
  - gpm 5y ago
    I've also discovered that capslock is a useful way of detecting (linux) kernel panics. If everything freezes, and capslock stops toggling that light, your kernel is dead.
    - smichel17 5y ago
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_SysRq_key
- anthonyu 5y ago
  I use Control as well, and it was an adaptation to prevent typing spaces or letters into the password field that I would have to delete before typing in my password. Perhaps you had a similar experience.
- rawbot 5y ago
  Careful, you might let a few shots off in Quake like that. Trigger discipline and all.
- dugmartin 5y ago
  To wake up my computers I play "shave and a haircut, two bits" with my shift keys, alternating between them.
- selfhoster11 5y ago
  I use control. It's neutral to password entry on Windows and Linux lock screens, and either neutral or an escape key from a VM back to the main desktop.