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We've lost some common features: * Undo & redo * Help files & context sensitive F1 * Hints on mouse hover * Keyboard shortcuts & shortcut customisation * M
by robocat 6mo ago
We've lost some common features:
* Undo & redo
* Help files & context sensitive F1
* Hints on mouse hover
* Keyboard shortcuts & shortcut customisation
* Main menus
* Files & directories
* ESC to close/back
* Drag n drop
Revelation features when they first became common. Now mostly gone on mobile and websites.
- augustk 6mo agoAnd knowing how to get the version of an application (which used to be in Help -> About).
- godshatter 6mo agoAlso having the cursor show up in the proper place on a new form and having tab order work.
- robocat 6mo agoOh yeah. Keyboard focus and focus indication on browsers is fundamentally broken. We often notice when focus is buggy. But there are many many hidden/unobvious edge cases. Previously I created a fix for the worst focusing issues on browsers by creating a fully custom framework (before modern HTML help with popovers/dialogs/overlays/viewports/anchors). No other framework at the time managed Internet Explorer's quirks very well (we served businesses who mostly used that browser).