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Re: OT: How widely used is option-backspace?



On 1/27/05 5:54 PM, John Stiles didst favor us with:

> On Jan 27, 2005, at 2:50 PM, Mark Wagner wrote:
> 
>> And is the "eject" key anything more than a legacy from the
>> tray-loading CD drives?
> 
> Pray tell, how do you eject discs out of your slot-load drive without
> an eject button of some sort?

There are other ways, but none of them is as easy as the Eject button, and
none of them will work while the computer is starting up. I'll admit to some
surprise that a developer would think no one uses the Eject key, though. ;-)

> Short of paperclips or needle-nose
> pliers, at least :)

I'm pretty sure you're asking for trouble if you go poking paperclips into a
PowerBook. LOL

Larry
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