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Windows used to be awesome at this. The norm (and expectation) was for programs to provide keyboard shortcuts for all sorts of things. They were gently surfac
by rkagerer 2y ago
Windows used to be awesome at this. The norm (and expectation) was for programs to provide keyboard shortcuts for all sorts of things. They were gently surfaced right where you needed them - e.g. underlines on the menus, and accelerator key shortcuts listed beside menu items and in mouseover captions. That made them natural to learn and easy to adopt.
Then some dolt at Microsoft decided those cues were "clutter", and hid them by default.
A new generation of programmers grew up not knowing about, or not prioritizing, the keyboard.
I remember a junior salesguy once watched me use my computer for a few minutes and was blown away by the speed at which I did things.
Hope what's old becomes new again!
- paulryanrogers 2y agoMice were also more rare in the era in which early Windows was common. So keyboard support was often a necessity.
- Havoc 2y agoYeah. The window snapping also seems to have been broken. Seems pretty unpredictable as to what the outcome is now. Eg windows key right/left sometimes snaps it to half half. But sometimes to 1/4. 3/4. and sometimes to another screen. No idea why, but seems like botched UX when outcome of keyboard shortcuts feel random to the user