Re: Re: Mac fkeys
Re: Re: Mac fkeys
- Subject: Re: Re: Mac fkeys
- From: "Mark Munz" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:30:11 -0700
I agree with Theodore, Apple has gone mad over keys leaving the 3rd
party developer and end user stuck with no customization options.
One suggestion might be to add a "User" modifier key. Apple should
then have a policy not to use the "User" modifier. This would give the
user at least the option of User-F1 or User-Opt-F1, etc.
Alternatively, they could add a "Fn" key to all the keyboards (read
Desktop) and migrate their hot keys to Fn-modifier + Key for
System-wide use, freeing up the original Cmd, Opt and F1 keys for the
user to define.
<rant>
Of course, they'll likely do neither. Instead, they'll just keep
taking more and more keys for system-wide services, some of which
aren't even worthy (do you really need to pre-define a hot key to
bring up the character palette? Why not just leave it blank and let
the user add it if he needs it)
As a user it sucks that Apple is stealing all my system-wide hot key
options. As a developer it sucks worse that I can't offer more
relevant hot key options because Apple took them for the system, or
will take them shortly (I'm sure Spaces will take another couple hot
keys away).
Cmd-Escape, Cmd-Shift-3, Cmd-Shift-Ctrl-3, Cmd-Shift-4,
Cmd-Shift-Ctrl-4, F9, F10, F11, F12, F14, F15 Ctrl-F1, Ctrl-F2,
Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6, Ctrl-F7, Ctrl-F8, Cmd-`,
Cmd-Opt-`, Cmd-Opt-T, Cmd-Opt-D, Cmd-Opt-8, Cmd-Opt-Ctrl-8,
Cmd-Ctrl-D, Cmd-Space, Cmd-Opt-Space, Cmd-Shift-Q
Come on.. it's getting ridiculous. If you, as a developer, want to
provide a system-wide hot key for the user, good luck!!
</rant>
Mark Munz
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