Gumby@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does anyone actually use the windows key on their keyboard as intended by the OS?English
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1 month agoI have 3 main use cases for the Windows key:
- Bring up the start menu and immediately type “cmd” + Enter to bring up a command prompt
- Windows + L to lock the computer when I step away
- Windows + arrow keys to move windows around on the screen and “dock” them to the sides of the screen (although this hasn’t been consistently working for me more recently)
I don’t think I ever use it for anything else. So yes, I do use it to bring up the start menu, but generally only to specifically bring up a command prompt window - all of my other commonly used programs are pinned to the taskbar so I can fire them up with a single click.
It might not work so flawlessly on the 2nd, 3rd, or 100th time though. I use ChatGPT semi-frequently for coding, while it generally does a surprisingly good job, I often find things it overlooks, and need to keep prompting it for further refinements, or just fix it myself.