I have finally figured out how to use the keyboard shortcut to access the app menu bar. Nice. That and now I've also changed it so that when I tab through a form, it doesn't skip dropdowns etc. By default it only goes to the text areas and lists. Why? I've got no idea.
The more that I use OS X, the more I am able to do with it. There is still some weirdness between the same apps (like FireFox) that throws me off, but other than it's going well.
One thing that I don't like is even if I do find the equivalent key combo for doing something in OS X that I do in windows, is that it's usually awkward. Like what I just found for putting focus on the menu, in my macbook it's fn-ctrl-F2. F2 also brightens the screen, so every time I use that, my screen brightens a notch which is annoying.
Moving from windows in the same "app" was weird too until I found command-tildy did the trick. Weird, but comfortable since it's close to command-tab.
Having said all that, it's hard not to love my macbook since it's so fast and pretty... :-)
Posted by jim at July 29, 2007 12:22 PMI never understood why people praised Mac for their UI so much. From what I've seen, it's really not any better than windows. That ctrl+fn+F2 thing is a great example. How would you do the same thing on a non-laptop? I'm pretty sure only laptops have a fn key. After using iTunes for quite a while, I've decided that Apple has quite a ways to go with it's UI design. For instance, it's impossible to just play 1 album without adding it to a new playlist, and without having it move onto some other album after the original album is done.
Posted by: Kibbee at July 29, 2007 01:50 PMYou can flip the F keys (F1, F2, etc) to do with opposite with fn pressed. It's in the system preferences.
Posted by: Ryan at July 29, 2007 09:31 PM