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0 pointssneak2mo ago0 comments

> After command shift 4 to take a screenshot I think it's actually physically impossible to edit it within 60 seconds.

This is completely incorrect, and the solution is way more discoverable than needing to know obscure things like Win+E. Click the thumbnail that appears in the bottom right, then click the marker icon.

> For example, "open two file browsers, navigate to $home in one and $downloads in the other, move and rename a few files between them" is a 10 second task on Windows (Win+E x2, quick clicks on the explorer links, easy to scroll around, move files, drag, rename, anything you want).

Similarly, if you know the platform-specific shortcuts, this is less than 10 seconds on macOS. Click finder in dock, hit Command-N twice for new windows, drag each window to one of the L/R edges of the screen to tile, click downloads in the sidebar on one, click the home icon/username in the sidebar on the other.

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FireBeyond2mo ago

> needing to know obscure things like Win+E

I haven't used Windows since the early days of 10 when I moved wholesale to Apple, but let's be really real - Apple users mocking "obscure shortcuts" in other OSes is throwing stones in a glass house:

Cmd+` to scroll through windows of the current app?

Cmd+Option+H to hide other apps?

Cmd+Shift+Ctrl+4 to clipboard copy a screenshot?

Quick, is Mission Control a three finger swipe up? Or down? Or is that Expose?

Cmd+space,Cmd+B to search web from Spotlight

Cmd+tab, release tab, press Q - quit app without switching to it

Cmd+tab, then down - Expose.

noduerme2mo ago

The bottom right thumbnail thing really bugged me and confused me when it came out, because I always just want the screenshot on the desktop right away, as it used to be. I don't know why they couldn't have the delay/thumbnail AND put the file somewhere I could reach it immediately. But IIRC, there is some setting that disables the thumbnail behavior and lets the file be written instantly.

asdff2mo ago

For me I want it to hang around longer actually. I will take the screenshot I want, open up mail or messages or something to dump it there. Right as my mouse is hovered over it and a milisecond before I can click it, it jumps away. I've resorted to sometimes giving it a partial drag which resets the counter while I am still getting situated over to wherever the screenshot is going.

noduerme2mo ago

This would be okay if it hung around longer. I just need it to be somewhere I can drag it. I don't see any use in its disappearing. If it's on the desktop immediately, at least I can find it quickly.

sefrost2mo ago

I use a trackpad exclusively with MacOS. If I want it immediately on the desktop then I can just "swipe away" (to the right) the thumbnail and it skips the pause.

Not perfect but I do value being able to edit it from there, or right click and save to clipboard. So it works for me.

1e1a2mo ago

You can also just drag it to the right.

noduerme2mo ago

This is an extra step PIA. CMD-OPT-H hides all the windows and there's the desktop. My desktop is clean AF, so I know which icon it is. I open it in photoshop or preview, or I just drag it into the email I'm about to send.

baq2mo ago

Funny, I never want the screenshot saved to a file and I literally never look at the desktop. I either use ctrl to store the screenshot in the clipboard or want to use marker tools and then copy the clipboard. This new flow was an improvement to me.

ryukoposting2mo ago

> needing to know obscure things like Win+E

I'm sorry but this is a skill issue. This is the second hotkey you learn in Windows, after Win for start menu, and before win+left/right to snap windows to sides of the screen.

Regardless, the whole flow both of you are talking about can be done on Windows without ever touching the mouse. Win+E Win+E Win+Left Enter Alt+D "destdir" Enter Alt+Tab Alt+D "sourcedir" Enter (arrow to whatever you want) ctrl-X Alt+Tab ctrl-V.

I use Linux with i3wm at home, I haven't used Windows as my main OS in nearly a decade and I can still play out those keystrokes in my mind without thinking about it.

Now, win+E -> click folder -> alt+D -> "powershell" -> enter? That's power user shenanigans.

pmontra2mo ago

I think that the only windows hotkey I know is Windows key to open the start menu. But I've been using Windows only 1994-2008, then Linux. I still connect to some Windows 10 / 11 machines of a customer to check processes and log files, but that doesn't matter.

And I hate windows snapping. I disable it in GNOME at every new OS install. UIs must fit people preferences and any single person is different.

Edit: of course I know Alt Tab too.

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FireBeyond2mo ago

> needing to know obscure things like Win+E

Cmd+` to scroll through windows of the current app?

Cmd+Option+H to hide other apps?

Cmd+Shift+Ctrl+4 to clipboard copy a screenshot?

Quick, is Mission Control a three finger swipe up? Or down? Or is that Expose?

Cmd+space,Cmd+B to search web from Spotlight

Cmd+tab, release tab, press Q - quit app without switching to it

Cmd+tab, then down - Expose.

noduerme2mo ago

asdff2mo ago

noduerme2mo ago

This would be okay if it hung around longer. I just need it to be somewhere I can drag it. I don't see any use in its disappearing. If it's on the desktop immediately, at least I can find it quickly.

sefrost2mo ago

I use a trackpad exclusively with MacOS. If I want it immediately on the desktop then I can just "swipe away" (to the right) the thumbnail and it skips the pause.

Not perfect but I do value being able to edit it from there, or right click and save to clipboard. So it works for me.

1e1a2mo ago

You can also just drag it to the right.

noduerme2mo ago

baq2mo ago

ryukoposting2mo ago

> needing to know obscure things like Win+E

I'm sorry but this is a skill issue. This is the second hotkey you learn in Windows, after Win for start menu, and before win+left/right to snap windows to sides of the screen.

I use Linux with i3wm at home, I haven't used Windows as my main OS in nearly a decade and I can still play out those keystrokes in my mind without thinking about it.

Now, win+E -> click folder -> alt+D -> "powershell" -> enter? That's power user shenanigans.

pmontra2mo ago

And I hate windows snapping. I disable it in GNOME at every new OS install. UIs must fit people preferences and any single person is different.

Edit: of course I know Alt Tab too.

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