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   Cody :collar: :verified_paw: (cody@catboy.baby)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 19:08:18 JST Cody :collar: :verified_paw:

   Never understood why F1 is the help button in Chrome, like if you know what the F1 button does, you probably know how to use Chrome... Or at the very least, how to get to the help page by other means...

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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 19:08:16 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     @cody that's just the standard shortcut for Help in Windows applications. I guess Chrome took it crossplatform.
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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 19:19:26 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     • Xeon²
     @izaya @cody I can assure you Chrome's developers never heard of the IBM CUA tho :blobcatgoogly:
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     Xeon² (izaya@social.shadowkat.net)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 19:19:27 JST Xeon²

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     • Polychrome :blabcat:
     @Polychrome @cody Originates* in the IBM CUA which was implemented in almost all GUI software - especially early Windows . Also talks about stuff like menu bars and other stuff that define the entire graphical computing experience.
     
     * the CUA was the standard where it was written down, IBM and some others were doing so already
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     Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 19:29:47 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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     • Xeon²
     @izaya @cody probably not because they barely do shortcuts now days and try to hide as much functionality behind an extra hamburger-click as possible.
     
     🍔 :blobcateyes:
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     Xeon² (izaya@social.shadowkat.net)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Nov-2023 19:29:48 JST Xeon²

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     • Polychrome :blabcat:
     @Polychrome @cody this is a problem widely felt across current software
     
     guess it makes sense, I've never seen a "baby's first GUI" tutorial that mentions there's standards that are followed by all major software and you should Probably do the same.
     
     alas I feel like it would probably fall on deaf ears because anyone that doesn't follow it is thinking about How Can I Change This To Stand Out rather than how to make the software easy and convenient to use
     
     upside may be that selling keyboard overlays for specific programs may become a business again?