Those have been the standard key combinations for a long time, outside of M$ applications, where a standard degree of randomness prevails. I think it predates OS version numbering. Part of the distinction of having a Command key (clover or apple), from before a Control key was put on the keyboard. (Having both, of course, is best).
Note that, although the Command key is mapped to/from the Windows key, their functions are totally different. I have never hit the Windows key on purpose, but the Command key can be extremely helpful, and as of v7.6, has allowed doing just about everything without having to use the mouse. (I hope OSX can get back to some of that usability) You mentioned earlier that Cmd-Q often quits (or Cmd-W closes) without warning. They should offer to save anything that would be lost before taking action, but some designers didn't read the book closely enough. Allowing the user to return to previous status can get over unexpected closure, if the author thought to put that feature in. --Don Ellis On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:57 PM, David Dooling > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 02:22:44PM -0700, Robert Citek wrote: > >> How does one move the cursor to the beginning of the line using a > >> Mac? > > > > On my MacBook Pro running 10.6, Command+LeftArrow functions as a Home > > key (Command+RightArrow functions as an End key). > > Thanks, David. That seemed to be the magic key combination. Odd in > that I thought I had tried that combo before. Oh, well. > > BTW, the machine is a G4 iMac -- the dome kind. Nice to see it > running Firefox 3.5.7. > > Regards, > - Robert > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug > -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
