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Beyond that, people also generally don't know that you can actually learn the commands to do things with the keyboard by reading the menus.
by gfodor 15y ago
Beyond that, people also generally don't know that you can actually learn the commands to do things with the keyboard by reading the menus.
- nitrogen 15y agoUnfortunately, many applications and operating systems have decided to hide keyboard shortcuts and underlined accelerator keys, in the interest of "user friendliness."
- Sniffnoy 15y agoWait, like what?
- nitrogen 15y agoWindows, for example, won't show the underlines for keyboard accelerators until you hold down the Alt or Ctrl key (I can't recall which, because I always disable the option). Unfortunately I can't recall which application(s) I was using that didn't show keyboard shortcuts next to menu items.
- wazoox 15y agoIt kills me when I watch my non-technical colleague editing a document by repeatedly selecting words, right-clicking, slowly scrolling down to either Copy or Cut, then click somewhere else, right-click, slowly scroll down to Paste... He also regularly "checks" spreadsheets with a handheld calculator... Sometimes going as far as not using formulas at all.
- xom 15y agoTo be fair, I do both of those as well: the former when I have only one hand free, and the latter to sanity-check my formulas.