I Don’t Get It
How is a right-handed person supposed to use the keyboard to switch tabs in Safari? Using multiple windows and Command-` seems so much easier.
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Left hand on Command-Shift, right on the arrows? Of course, that's basically where I leave my hands resting when I'm not typing.
Other option - click and rotate the PowerMate :)
I tend to leave my left hand on the left side of the keyboard, near all the common keyboard shortcuts. My right hand's on the mouse.
Zaphod Beeblebrox has a spare hand for a PowerMate, but I don't. :-)
Ah. I'm PowerBook-ing. Right thumb on the trackpad and the right pinky and ring fingers practically fall on the left and right arrow keys.
It's the year of the notebook -- didn't you get the memo :)
Good point--I hadn't thought of how it would be on a PowerBook.
It's only the year of the notebook because Apple's desktops are slow. :-)
Still, I'll be sticking with mine.
FWIW, it isn't any better in Camino. I don't have a suggestion for how to improve it. Do you?
Michael! How dare you expose the secret behind Apple's marketing campaign!
Yeah that's quite the shortcut, especially for PowerBook users. However, with tabs I find the mouse or command-W work fine. Rarely do I have to go back and forth between two pages, and if I do, I don't mind using the mouse.