3 ms·
What's the alternative? I'd like some sequence of keystrokes that goes directly to the OS and can't be intercepted by other programs. I want to know that the di
by acchow 13y ago
What's the alternative? I'd like some sequence of keystrokes that goes directly to the OS and can't be intercepted by other programs. I want to know that the dialog I'm typing my password into is really the OS.
- sp332 13y agoThere should be a single button on the keyboard, instead of requiring 3.
- meepmorp 13y agoSure. But what do you do about the tons of legacy hardware in the world?
- Groxx 13y agofall back to ctrl-alt-del.
- acchow 13y agoSo you're saying Microsoft didn't make a mistake. The keyboard manufacturers did.
- mratzloff 13y agoNew keyboards could simply send the Ctrl-Alt-Del key combination with a single button press.
- sp332 13y agoWhen the IBM PC was being designed, that wasn't so much of a problem.
- mutagen 13y agoA single button on the keyboard would be great for an OS login request or something to bring up task management. A single button on the keyboard is utterly unsuitable for a request for soft reboot unless it is recessed and requires turning the keyboard over.
- dfxm12 13y agoNo one said the same button/chord had to perform both of these commands.
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- dubrocks 13y agoBzzt. The correct answer is no button.
- acchow 13y agoThe nice thing about the key combination is that the constituent keys are still useful on their own and in other combinations.
- wymy 13y agoIIRC, other computers such as the Apple II had a single 'Reset' key. It was not uncommon (for me) to be typing in my code from a magazine, reach up to hit backspace (delete) and accidently reset the computer. :( There were a few iterations that depressed the key, etc. Overall, I liked the three finger combination because you had to mean to do it. I will say that using it to login/lock windows instead of rebooting was not intuitive at all.
- AsymetricCom 13y agoWhat is your conceptualization for 1 key being better than 3 in this context?
- mokus 13y agoWhat I'd like is a trustworthy key-combo (preferably a single key, SysRq seems a good candidate) that toggles an overlay on the screen indicating what application "owns" each visible portion, with a very distinctive style identifying parts drawn by the OS. All obscured-input text fields would, by default, only be enabled when the overlay is visible. The overlay would always be available so any app that asks for any sensitive info could use the same mechanism, and I could use it even when the developer didn't think the information was sensitive, or didn't attempt to protect the input channel for any other reason.