Re:VLC desperately needs a Mac OS developer to help out
by GeneralMaximus on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @11:55PM
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Sadly, they disabled this in QuickTime X. Some of my friends use older versions of QuickTime to get around this problem.
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Re:VLC desperately needs a Mac OS developer to help out
by lsd5you on Thursday December 17, 2009 @06:49AM
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Geez, os x is completely riddled with tricks you 'have to know', usually achieved by some obscure key combination. Which UI book did they get this out of ? ...
Re:VLC desperately needs a Mac OS developer to help out
by GeneralMaximus on Thursday December 17, 2009 @09:52AM
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The don't-clutter-my-screen-with-nine-hundred-thousand-buttons-and-menus book?
Joking aside, most OS X keyboard shortcuts actually follow a very rational scheme (which is mentioned in the Apple HIG, IIRC). If Cmd+X performs an action X, both Cmd+Shift+X and Cmd+Opt+X will perform similar versions of X, so you don't have trouble remembering "special" shortcuts.
Example: Cmd+Q quits an application, Cmd+Shift+Q logs you out and Cmd+Opt+Shift+Q logs you out without confirmation.
Another example: Cmd+Opt+Esc brings up the Force Quit dialog. Cmd+Shift+Opt+Esc force quits the current application without confirmation.
I don't think this is an OS X specific thing. I suspect Windows, KDE and GNOME all follow a similar HIG.
(No, none of those shortcuts are good for your RSI.)