[ubuntu-uk] Mac Frustration (was Remote support was Sad but true? etc.)

[Simon Wears]

Not everyone always realises straight away that Macs can use a 2 button
mouse. When I first started using one, it confused me, and I presumed that
it didn't have one because it didn't use the right mouse button. The other
thing that really got me about using a Mac is that I'm used to doing things
on a keyboard from Ctrl + click, but Macs seem to instead use Cmd + Click
(or at least my friends Mac Book Pro does). That can really confuse people
I've found.

2009/1/18 William Anderson <neuro at well.com>

> Sean Miller wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > Having grown up in a Unix/VT220 environment to find that there is no
> > ctrl key and everything is done differently is, to say the least,
> > rather "alien".  I mean, ctrl-c to cancel... been there since time and
> > memorium... how come Steve Jobs gets to redefine it?
>
> Hang on, what do you mean, no Ctrl key?  I'm looking at the MacBook Pro
> keyboard I'm typing on right now, and there it is, a Ctrl key nestling
> between Fn and Option/Alt.  This and the "there's no right mouse
> button"[1] fallacy really irritate me sometimes.
>
> -n
>
> [1] If using a Mighty Mouse, oh look, it has a right-button.  If using
>    a trackpad, either Ctrl+click or enable right-click using two
>    fingers in the system preferences.  Or, you know, just plug in any
>    USB mouse.
>
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Simon Wears

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Manchester Metropolitan University Computing Student
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