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 * In Thunderbird, {{{command+up-arrow}}} doesn't jump to the top of the message list the way {{{home}}} does under windows.
 * Accessing menu items from the keyboard is clumsy. It requires {{{fn+control+f2}}} to select the menu, then the first letter of the menu item or walk over with the arrow key, then {{{return}}} to open the menu.
 * In Thunderbird, {{{command}}}+{{{up-arrow}}} doesn't jump to the top of the message list the way {{{home}}} does under windows.
 * Accessing menu items from the keyboard is clumsy. It requires {{{fn}}}+{{{control}}}+{{{f2}}} to select the menu, then the first letter of the menu item or walk over with the arrow key, then {{{return}}} to open the menu.

Things should improve with familiarity, but moving to the Mac is not all peaches & cream.

  • The delete key does a backspace, instead. And it takes two keys (fn+delete) to do a real delete.

  • In Thunderbird, command+up-arrow doesn't jump to the top of the message list the way home does under windows.

  • Accessing menu items from the keyboard is clumsy. It requires fn+control+f2 to select the menu, then the first letter of the menu item or walk over with the arrow key, then return to open the menu.

iDIAcomputing: MacOSxAnnoyances (last edited 2013-01-16 17:00:29 by GeorgeDinwiddie)