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What always infuriated me when looking at Apple menus on OSX, when I was a user of it, was the icon for Option/Alt. http://km.support.apple.com/library/APPLE/AP

What always infuriated me when looking at Apple menus on OSX, when I was a user of it, was the icon for Option/Alt. http://km.support.apple.com/library/APPLE/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/HT1343/ks_option.gif http://km.support.apple.com/library/APPLE/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/... I can't remember if it appeared on old mac keyboards, but it definitely doesn't on modern ones and to me it just looks like a completely abstract symbol. I could never remember if it was control or option.

Zarel 13y ago
I think of that symbol as a fork in the road, an "option". Control, on the other hand, is just ^, same as in Unix. (I'm not saying it's a good symbol, but that's how I remember what it means.)
picklestime 13y ago
My friend used to call it the "escalator" symbol. It is pretty abstract. I see it as a representation of a switch or two different alternatives.
samatman 13y ago
I cannot comprehend why that symbol is not on the keyboard. There are two words on the key, neither one of which is used on the screen. Insane.
- sneak 13y ago
  It used to be, but was removed. I wish there was some sort of changelog for Apple internal policies/decisions that end up being public facing.
- kalleboo 13y ago
  It is on most the international keyboards. Why they leave it out from the US and JP keyboard, I don't know.
rahoulb 13y ago
It is on my (UK layout) MBA and Bluetooth keyboard (although its also labelled as Alt and not Opt). Control doesn't have a symbol on it though.