Re: Fed up with Apple platform upgrades

In <gzM0g.2402$Lm5.2285@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Neil Gould wrote:

The "Command" and "Option" keys mostly duplicate the functionality
of "Control" and "Alt" keys in my experience. There are some minor
differences in implementations, but there are no increased
capabilities in terms of the number of possible key combinations.

Well, on second thought, William has a point. A Mac keyboard has three
modifier keys -- control, command, and option -- whereas a typical
Windows keyboard has two -- control and alt. Three modifiers does
allow for more combinations than two, obviously.

The "Windows" key is pretty much irrelevant to a discussion of
graphic design software, as it's functions are not at the
application level.

The "Windows" key isn't really irrelevant to the discussion, because
without it, a PC keyboard wouldn't have enough modifier keys to
duplicate the functionality of a Mac keyboard.

I use a PC keyboard with my Mac, and map Alt to Command and Windows to
Option (leaving control as control).

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