The windows key has a lot of uses. I got a keyboard that has a physical toggle to turn the windows key on and off so I can switch between work mode (on) and gaming mode (off) easily.
Do I just have huge hands or why have I never had issues with the windows key and gaming? In fact it is my preferred way of taking away focus from a full screen app
The windows key is so super useful though. Not just for quickly starting or finding shit without using the mouse, but also for moving windows around, maximizing them, making them take up exactly half of your screen, locking your screen, etc.
I am very confused why anyone would disable the super/command key. Ever since moving to linux its become the most used key on my entire board.
Admittedly i am using a shortcut heavy tillable win manager. Blown away how fun it is to operate a pc keyboard only. (Overspendinging on nice keyboard switches also helps)
The Windows key as part of a combination is great. It’s an extra modifier key.
The Windows key by itself is terrible because it immediately steals focus from the current application and can’t be disabled without something like AutoHotkey.
And it was even worse back in the day when computers barely had any RAM and basically relied completely on the swap file to do multitasking. You’d be in a game, accidentally hit the windows key, then you’d have to wait like a full minute or more for it to swap your game memory out so it could swap your other desktop apps back in, only to then have to wait again for it to swap that stuff back out to get back into the game. And all of this was happening on a hard drive.
And during this whole process, there was a moderate chance that individual applications or your entire system would crash.
Even the mode change for the display would take more time.
Sticky keys and the windows key I always immediately disable.
The windows key has a lot of uses. I got a keyboard that has a physical toggle to turn the windows key on and off so I can switch between work mode (on) and gaming mode (off) easily.
Do I just have huge hands or why have I never had issues with the windows key and gaming? In fact it is my preferred way of taking away focus from a full screen app
For me, it’s more for protecting against unintentional presses.
What I’m saying is I never unintentonally press the windows key
I have big hands and soft keys, accidental presses happen a lot. Glad my keyboard has a toggle for it.
The windows key is so super useful though. Not just for quickly starting or finding shit without using the mouse, but also for moving windows around, maximizing them, making them take up exactly half of your screen, locking your screen, etc.
I am very confused why anyone would disable the super/command key. Ever since moving to linux its become the most used key on my entire board.
Admittedly i am using a shortcut heavy tillable win manager. Blown away how fun it is to operate a pc keyboard only. (Overspendinging on nice keyboard switches also helps)
The Windows key as part of a combination is great. It’s an extra modifier key.
The Windows key by itself is terrible because it immediately steals focus from the current application and can’t be disabled without something like AutoHotkey.
And it was even worse back in the day when computers barely had any RAM and basically relied completely on the swap file to do multitasking. You’d be in a game, accidentally hit the windows key, then you’d have to wait like a full minute or more for it to swap your game memory out so it could swap your other desktop apps back in, only to then have to wait again for it to swap that stuff back out to get back into the game. And all of this was happening on a hard drive.
And during this whole process, there was a moderate chance that individual applications or your entire system would crash.
Even the mode change for the display would take more time.
My greatest trick in computer class was memorizing all the keyboard shortcuts and never using the garbage ball mouse.
Navigating a computer just by keyboard almost feels like magic still to some people and it’s fun to rotate people’s entire screens.
Just turning the screen upside down is a classic and works very fast If you know the shortcut, but my favorite was always:
Results in a normal looking desktop with an upside down cursor that behaves weirdly
Calm down, Satan