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>It can be activated by clicking the Shift key three times. Windows Sticky Keys entered the room.

by therein 3mo ago

lostlogin 3mo ago
Hilarious memories of hitting this when playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
- brookst 3mo ago
  For some reason I tap shift when thinking. Sticky Keys is my bane.
  - ninalanyon 3mo ago
    You can turn it off.
    - taskforcegemini 3mo ago
      but where would be the fun in that
    - RALaBarge 3mo ago
      Right, but it will get re-enabled on updates or something...it never stayed off for me.
      - throw1234567891 3mo ago
        Write yourself a script and run it on log in.
    - brookst 3mo ago
      Yes but you have to remember to turn it off later, when you’re not concentrating hard.
- butlike 3mo ago
  Was this a shared memory, specifically with regard to Sticky Keys and Return to Castle Wolfenstein? I thought it was a unique problem with me and my friends lol
  - lostlogin 3mo ago
    It was pure comedy when someone hit it mid-engagement. And then the spamming of the communication that would follow. Those pre-canned German voices were so great.
  - tauntz 3mo ago
    RTCW:ET and sticky keys!
ldoughty 3mo ago
The blog[0] explains their choices well. The brief highlights: - Escape is simply unusable. - Alt alone leaves the viewport and goes to menu, making further keypresses unregistered - control is inconsistently placed on keyboards (e.g. laptops) which they don't say directly in the blog, makes extra sense if you recall it suggests not using devices the abuser might be admin/monitoring (public devices, friend devices, etc). It also is highly selected by other assistive technology products just like sticky keys. They also recognized the issue... And tested it against JAWS and using it with on-screen keyboards Seems they were very thorough. 0: https://beeps.website/blog/2024-10-09-why-govuk-exit-this-page-doesnt-use-escape/ https://beeps.website/blog/2024-10-09-why-govuk-exit-this-pa... Note: this is the same link as in the grandparent post
wongarsu 3mo ago
That only activates when pressing shift five times. Which is admittedly likely when trying to press it three times in a panic But having a stray sticky keys window open is not too conspicuous
- bonesss 3mo ago
  The sticky-keys window often comes with a sharp notification screech.

>It can be activated by clicking the Shift key three times. Windows Sticky Keys entered the room.

by therein 3mo ago

>It can be activated by clicking the Shift key three times. Windows Sticky Keys entered the room.

lostlogin 3mo ago

Hilarious memories of hitting this when playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein.

brookst 3mo ago
For some reason I tap shift when thinking. Sticky Keys is my bane.
- ninalanyon 3mo ago
  You can turn it off.
  - taskforcegemini 3mo ago
    but where would be the fun in that
  - RALaBarge 3mo ago
    Right, but it will get re-enabled on updates or something...it never stayed off for me.
    - throw1234567891 3mo ago
      Write yourself a script and run it on log in.
  - brookst 3mo ago
    Yes but you have to remember to turn it off later, when you’re not concentrating hard.
butlike 3mo ago
Was this a shared memory, specifically with regard to Sticky Keys and Return to Castle Wolfenstein? I thought it was a unique problem with me and my friends lol
- lostlogin 3mo ago
  It was pure comedy when someone hit it mid-engagement. And then the spamming of the communication that would follow. Those pre-canned German voices were so great.
- tauntz 3mo ago
  RTCW:ET and sticky keys!

ldoughty 3mo ago

The blog[0] explains their choices well. The brief highlights: - Escape is simply unusable. - Alt alone leaves the viewport and goes to menu, making further keypresses unregistered - control is inconsistently placed on keyboards (e.g. laptops) which they don't say directly in the blog, makes extra sense if you recall it suggests not using devices the abuser might be admin/monitoring (public devices, friend devices, etc). It also is highly selected by other assistive technology products just like sticky keys. They also recognized the issue... And tested it against JAWS and using it with on-screen keyboards Seems they were very thorough. 0: https://beeps.website/blog/2024-10-09-why-govuk-exit-this-page-doesnt-use-escape/ https://beeps.website/blog/2024-10-09-why-govuk-exit-this-pa... Note: this is the same link as in the grandparent post

wongarsu 3mo ago

That only activates when pressing shift five times. Which is admittedly likely when trying to press it three times in a panic But having a stray sticky keys window open is not too conspicuous

bonesss 3mo ago
The sticky-keys window often comes with a sharp notification screech.