Not having a forward delete key.
No obvious way to "alt-tab" between an apps windows, even less obvious on international keyboards.
No way to use arrow keys to select the OK and cancel buttons in a dialog.
Some Windows-isms was recently added, such as being able to resize the windows using any border. This must have been to appease converts. Do you think Apple will add any of the above soon?
fn + delete does this. If you plug in a USB keyboard, the forward delete key works as expected.
No obvious way to "alt-tab" between an apps windows, even less obvious on international keyboards.
⌘ + ` (this is the back-tick above tab). You can change this by going to System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts, clicking on the "Keyboard and Text Input" category, then editing "Move focus to next window." This option is buried because Apple thinks Mission Control is easier. :/
No way to use arrow keys to select the OK and cancel buttons in a dialog.
System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts. Check "Full Keyboard Access" to use tab, space, & enter on controls.
I hope that helps!
The Alt-Tab thing for apps gets on my nerves as well, and I've been a Mac user for ten years now. However, it's easy to go into the Sys Prefs and change the default key shortcut for that to something reasonable. The functionality is already there, it's just hidden behind an obscure key binding.
Cycling through buttons in dialog boxes works with the Tab key. The first thing you need to do when you get a new Mac is to go into System Preferences and enable nav keys for all UI elements, it's a single checkbox.
The defaults on the Mac are a disaster, you'll have to revisit pretty much every single preference pane, but it's worth it.
(I know it's alt 3, but WHY didn't they mark it on the keyboard? Newcomers have to google this! There is a sign on the '2' key that indicates euro (alt 2 is euro sign on my keyboard), so they could have done it easily on the 3 key.
And the [ key, and the ] key, and the { and } keys. etc. etc.
Try this: http://www.kbcovers.com/catalog/GER-M-CB_Full_A.gif
By default:
- Chrome / TextEdit
⌘ + → = end of line
ctrl + → = end of line
⌥ + → = next word
- Sublime / Xcode
⌘ + → = end of line
ctrl + → = next word
⌥ + → = next word
- Firefox / Eclipse
⌘ + → = end of line
ctrl + → = ∅
⌥ + → = next word
OK I realize now that I should never use the ctrl key for navigation... It's disturbing and useless !
This means you should tell a new Apple user:
For text navigation:
mac ⌥ = windows ctrl
mac ⌘ = windows alt
For pretty much everything else:
mac ⌘ = windows ctrl
Except: ⌘ + tab = alt + tab
He might kill you.
The early Macs didn't even have a Control key, which was later added to support terminal applications that needed it.
Fortunately for us and developers, setting custom shortcuts for different commands is still supported. But this allows for devs to bypass default shortcuts.
I'm mostly using command and option and shift when I navigate in text, and it's a bliss to do so. On Windows, it's erratic and you have to use the Home/End keys to have the same results.
Anyway, minor gripes.
On for example german and nordic keyboards there is some other useless symbol there, and command+"that key" does not work.
I know you can configure this, but its strange that there is no sane default.