WindowsKey+R starts up the "Run" dialog from the start menu.
WindowsKey+D shows the desktop (and a quick second press brings all
your windows back as they were)
WindowsKey alone fires up the start menu.
WindowsKey+[BREAK] brings up System properties (same as right-clicking
"My Computer" and choosing Properties)
Honestly, I find the WindowsKey rather useful...it allows me to do a
handful of common tasks rather quickly, without removing my hands from
the keyboard. In a more general sense, having an additional meta-like
key to use strikes me as generally being a good thing.
On 1 May 2008, at 10:04 AM, Tony Harris wrote:
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
Kevin Broderick
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.kevinbroderick.com/
