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Any more example of arbitrary and limitations of shortcut keys on Windows except close window/application? Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t you switch tabs w

by tored 5y ago

Any more example of arbitrary and limitations of shortcut keys on Windows except close window/application? Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t you switch tabs with ctrl+tab but close a tab with cmd+w on macOS. How is that not arbitrary and not based on a limitation on a legacy platform?

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kitsunesoba 5y ago
I dunno about limitations, but similarly F5 for refresh on Windows feels quite arbitrary compared to Cmd-R. Ctrl-Tab at least builds on the concept of [modifier]-tab cycling tabs, and Cmd-W makes sense for closing browser tabs because there tabs are functionally the “windows” you’re working with most often.
- tored 5y ago
  When working with a bunch of tabs and cycling thru them and wanting to close some of them based on visual decision means that you have to move your hands much more on macOS than on PC, thus ergonomically bad.