Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro
by rozab on Monday May 04, 2020 @03:03PM
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On the contrary, I'd say the ESC key is even more important to normal consumers than programmers compared to, say, the backtick key. I mostly use it for coming out of fullscreen for youtube, netflix etc and I'm sure most consumers don't even know what a backtick is.
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Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro
by dreamcompiler on Monday May 04, 2020 @03:25PM
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You're probably right about the unpopularity of the backtick key, and it's too bad. I use cmd-` probably 1000 times every day. For me cmd-` and cmd-Tab completely obviate any need for Mission Control or any of the other 14 different mechanisms in MacOS that show you all your windows and let you click one with the mouse.
Same. CMD+Tab tells me everything I need to know.
My dock auto hides and I only use it to open the downloads folder.
Very rarely I can't find a window and I use a hot corner to show all windows of the space but it happens once a week at the most.
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro
by dkonofalski on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @11:55AM
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The physical key isn't what's important to consumers. The ability to back out and use the ESC function is and that's still there for everyone who has a Touch Bar machine.