Comment on Windows copying Mac feature, but only in certain apps
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I wonder if this is a holdover from when you could navigate windows completely without a mouse using only the keyboard and shortcuts.
Obviously there might be some overlap between some keyboard shortcuts (and a very much targeted use of Apple’s shortcuts for certain programs that MS has ported to Mac). So office/365 programs get Mac shortcuts and everything else is using Windows standard shortcuts built up over time. There’s not reason for a mac user to use Windows version of notepad.
Either way, truly a mildly infuriating niglet so my upvote is yours.
I wonder if this is a holdover from when you could navigate windows completely without a mouse using only the keyboard and shortcuts.
You can absolutely still do that now. At worst, you install power toys and use the accessibility option to move the mouse with arrow keys.
There have been versions of windows where this wasn’t completely possible out of the box (looking at you windows ME). I was referring to when it was a native windows feature, no extra software of any kind involved. And you didn’t have to program hotkeys or anything.
Not to question anybody shitting on windows ME, but keyboard-only navigation is a core windows feature, since it’s a consequence of accessibility
No extra software needed; installing the power toys just makes it easier and a little more discoverable.
When applications get cross platform it sucks.
For example…in Windows id often use Ctrl+L to access the address bar in a web browser.
The Mac equivalent to this, I think, is Super-L. Super is the “windows key” on my keyboard.
So then…go back to windows after building up mac muscle memory…and I’m locking my screen every time I want to go to a new website.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
I wonder if maybe it’s coming to the rest of Windows later. Microsoft 365 is a subscription service, so maybe it’s a test pilot thing?
People who use Macs at home most likely use Windows at work, if they use a computer at work. There are some jobs that do use Macs, but like usage outside of work, it’s a lower percentage.