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Re:Resolving power button issues in Mac OS X Mavericks by bane on Thursday January 02, 2014 @11:56AM (#7000557)
It's a mess, that's what the problem is. Just look at this thread and the number of ways that sometimes work in certain cases to do basic operations. Some of this is the added complexity of additional desktops (which I agree are awesome and sorely missing in Windows), but some, like switching windows in the same app, are a usability disaster. Here's a short list from this thread for something which is universally ctrl+tab (and shift+ctrl+tab for the other direction) in Windows:

- Mission Control

- cmd+tab

- cmd+`

- ctrl+f4

- Switch, a tool which enables Opt+tab

- contextsformac

- cmd+~ (only in some cases)

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Re:Resolving power button issues in Mac OS X Mavericks by shurcooL on Thursday January 02, 2014 @01:27PM (#7001184)
Cmd+~ is the same as Cmd+`, just with shift pressed down. Doesn't make sense to list both of them (since you don't also list Cmd+Shift+Tab).
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Re:Resolving power button issues in Mac OS X Mavericks by gmac on Thursday January 02, 2014 @12:07PM (#7000630)
I'm confused how this is a problem for you. Pick the one(s) you find helpful, and ignore the rest?
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Re:Resolving power button issues in Mac OS X Mavericks by bane on Thursday January 02, 2014 @12:22PM (#7000743)
Because they don't all work the same and they don't all work all the time. It's not like they're just different aliases for the same action. Some work in certain cases with a certain app, some work in special contexts, some don't work unless you install an app an remap your keyboard. It's kind of insane.
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