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[-] enemenemu@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago
[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Yeah I've never understood how this is a problem people have, I don't think I've ever accidentally pressed it while playing a game

[-] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Starcraft - alt and ctrl are frequently used, easy slip to make in a rush. Pretty sure there was an override in the options menu specifically for preventing this.

[-] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

depends on what games, in fast pace games you would have keys binded all over easily reachable by your left hand, shift/tab/ctrl/alt could all be used, that's why many gaming keyboards also come with a switch to disable the windows key as well.

[-] brax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I remember having this problem back in like 1998 or whenever that button became a thing. Sometimes if accidentally hit it whike DOS gaming and it would crash my game. No idea why people would want to disable it these days.

[-] Fredol@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

I keep pressing it accidentally and getting killed in FPS games

[-] victorz@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

Same. People with small hands maybe, whose hand base is near the keyboard when hovering WASD.

[-] Fredol@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago
[-] lordnikon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Am in the only one that uses the meta key (windows key) in games.

[-] Schorsch@feddit.org 0 points 3 months ago

lol who still uses windows!?

[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

Just like 90% of the world.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[-] tisktisk@piefed.social 7 points 3 months ago

People who need painless compatibility --Demonizing gets us less than nowhere

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I was just kidding. ๐Ÿ˜ But also there is surely a huge number of people who are simply unaware of any alternatives.

[-] tisktisk@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

It's almost like those people aren't encouraged to seek out alternatives...like all their peers just called them idiots or something

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

It was a joke.

But yes, exactly. The reason is most definitely that nobody tells them there are alternatives. People think Windows "is the computer". Much like they can't separate the monitor from "the computer". And these things are hard, even though they are obvious to us who know.

[-] Schorsch@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago

Masochists!

[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago
[-] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Hmm? That's not how what works? I was really just making a poor joke there.

[-] brax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

The same people who can't handle the concept and of a meta key lol

[-] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

don't some linux window manager also makes the windows key have a similar function?

[-] brax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, which is why I don't understand why anybody would want to disable it.

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