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Re:On Web Extensions shortcomings and their impact on add-on... by kuschku on Sunday November 12, 2017 @08:26AM (#15680776)
[Alt]+[←] requires two hands, though: One to press the [Alt] on the far left of the keyboard, one to press [←] on the far right of the keyboard.

That’s horrible.

Re:On Web Extensions shortcomings and their impact on add-on... by dawnbreez on Sunday November 12, 2017 @08:41AM (#15680817)
I typically use a vim-like set of keybinds when possible, so for me it's something like shift-H or g,h.
Re:On Web Extensions shortcomings and their impact on add-on... by jholman on Monday November 13, 2017 @05:35AM (#15685525)
That's weird, because I press it all the time with one hand. I don't even reliably use the same hand. Does your keyboard not have an Alt key to the right of the space-bar?
Re:On Web Extensions shortcomings and their impact on add-on... by kuschku on Monday November 13, 2017 @11:39AM (#15687715)
On international keyboards, there is no right alt key, but instead at that place is [AltGr], which triggers both [Alt] and [Ctrl].

[AltGr]+[M] for example gives μ, [AltGr]+[E] gives € and [AltGr]+[Q] gives [@]. Obviously, [AltGr]+[←] doesn't work.

It's one more of those shortcuts that make it obvious that whoever made the decision only ever used a US Standard keyboard, and never even considered international users. The only decisions even worse are ever using ` (it's a 4 key combo on some international keyboards, and not at all existing on others), or ~ \ [ ] { } ( ) ; : (all of these are combinations of usually two or three keys on most international keyboards).