And don't get me started on the following issue: the popular shortcuts
in programs (Photoshop, for example) are activated:
- by Ctrl (Ctrl-S) on Windows. Ctrl is the leftmost key on most PC
keyboards.
- by Command (Command-S) on Mac. Command is the key just left to the
spacebar on Apple keyboards.
You may have the keys mixed up. The Apple key is the Command key.
I believe Apple should be at fault here. On PCs every key had one
designation and it was perfectly clear which is which.
On my PowerBook G4, UK edition:
- the ctrl key is Ctrl or ^ (not labeled)
- the alt key is Alt or the
At 9:16 AM +0100 1/4/05, Marcin Wichary wrote:
You may have the keys mixed up. The Apple key is the Command key.
I believe Apple should be at fault here. On PCs every key had one
designation and it was perfectly clear which is which.
On my PowerBook G4, UK edition:
- the ctrl key is Ctrl or ^
On Jan 4, 2005, at 8:03 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote:
And my personal favourite is the escape key, which is Esc, but also
has a symbol (a circle with an arrow pointing out). This symbol is
not present on my keyboard, but I found it (and only it) in one of
the (older) programs, and its also shown
On 1/4/05 12:16 AM, Marcin Wichary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You may have the keys mixed up. The Apple key is the Command key.
I believe Apple should be at fault here. On PCs every key had one
designation and it was perfectly clear which is which.
Actually, I think Apple's keys are very
At 7:03 AM -0800 1/4/05, Dennis B. Swaney wrote:
History Lesson:
Originally, what is now the left Command key was called the
Open-Apple key on the Apple II keyboards. The right Command key
was called the Closed-Apple key and the apple was a solid one. Both
of these modifier keys did different
In the Finder go to the Help menu and type in 'Symbols for special
keys' and go to that help document to see all the symbols for keys.
In my field (interaction design) there's a saying that if something
needs a help screen, it's badly designed in the first place.
I don't have many problems with
Actually, I think Apple's keys are very clearly marked and easy to
identify.
I simply wasn't paying attention and made an error when I typed them
into my
note. I meant to type in the option key but instead typed in Apple and
Cmd
keys which are one in the same.
This is/was of course not aimed at
The alt was added to the option key so that people used to pc
machines would know what the key did
Could you elaborate on that, please?
The way I see it it doesn't do the thing many PC users would expect it
to do, which is activating menu items with the corresponding letter
underlined. AFAIK
On Jan 4, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Marcin Wichary wrote:
This is/was of course not aimed at you personally... although I can't
help but wonder if the keys had just one designation each, would the
likelihood of you making the same mistake be the same?
because one refers to the Mac keyboard, and the
This is/was of course not aimed at you personally... although I can't
help but wonder if the keys had just one designation each, would the
likelihood of you making the same mistake be the same?
because one refers to the Mac keyboard, and the other to what this key
is called on other systems.
I
On 1/4/05 10:32 AM, Marcin Wichary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I meant to type in the option key but instead typed in Apple and
Cmd
keys which are one in the same.
This is/was of course not aimed at you personally... although I can't
help but wonder if the keys had just one designation each,
I know what you are saying but this really was just a case of being
exhausted at the time I wrote the note and not catching my error
before I
sent it. :-)
Got it. :)
I still wish (think) it could (should) be as simple as it once was...
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