There are a few things the Windows key can be used for, but you're right,
not a lot.

WindowsKey+M minimizes all windows
WindowsKey+L locks the screen
WindowsKey+E loads explorer as you say

I think there are a few others.  And of course there's the ContextMenu key,
or whateve you want to call it, that works like a right-click.

I set the WindowsKey as Meta on my Ubuntu laptop, which works nicely.  And
I think I set the ContentMenu key as Compose, although I haven't tried that
yet.

Tony

--On April 30, 2008 6:17:38 PM -0400 jonathan d p ferguson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Apr 30, 2008, at 5:01 PM, Rick White wrote:
>>> 
>> Flower+Tab is to Alt+Tab
> <snip>
>> but don't have the (otherwise)
>> useless button.
>> 
> 
> Flower/Apple/Command+Tab and Flower/Apple/Command+Shift+Tab on Mac OS X
> is the fast way to switch apps, and you can select the app of interest
> with the mouse pointer.
> 
> It has always puzzled me that Microsoft went to the trouble of adding a
> meta key and then proceeded to ignore it. What is the key combination for
> creating a new folder in Windows Explorer? WindowsKey+E gives a new
> explorer window, but otherwise, I find the keys useless. <sarcasm> Way to
> improve the usability!</sarcasm> At least Apple got it right from the
> beginning: ctrl is for sending control commands to TTYs: use the ancient
> symbol for "command" and create a meta-key which all apps can rely on.
> 
> Habituation dies hard, so pretty graphics go a long way to persuade
> people to try something new.
> 
> have a day.yad
> jdpf

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