Comments on: Hello Mac, Bye Bye Hash Key? http://www.johnwordsworth.com/2008/01/hello-mac-bye-bye-hash-key/ John Wordsworth's musings on Game Programming & Computer Design Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:55:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Laura http://www.johnwordsworth.com/2008/01/hello-mac-bye-bye-hash-key/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Laura Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:22:33 +0000 http://www.johnwordsworth.com/blog/2008-01-14/hello-mac-bye-bye-hash-key/#comment-44 You did save me some hair pulling! I'm learning HTML and was in despair when I realised there was no (at least obvious) hash key on the keyboard. Thank god for google and your blog! You did save me some hair pulling! I’m learning HTML and was in despair when I realised there was no (at least obvious) hash key on the keyboard. Thank god for google and your blog!

]]> By: Kieran http://www.johnwordsworth.com/2008/01/hello-mac-bye-bye-hash-key/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Kieran Mon, 26 May 2008 19:59:35 +0000 http://www.johnwordsworth.com/blog/2008-01-14/hello-mac-bye-bye-hash-key/#comment-43 There is a post on a mac4noobs blog containing many of the different key combinations and symbols. http://mac4noobs.blogspot.com/2008/05/missing-keys.html it helped me out. There is a post on a mac4noobs blog containing many of the different key combinations and symbols. http://mac4noobs.blogspot.com/2008/05/missing-keys.html it helped me out.

]]> By: Ben Dodson http://www.johnwordsworth.com/2008/01/hello-mac-bye-bye-hash-key/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Ben Dodson Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:04:12 +0000 http://www.johnwordsworth.com/blog/2008-01-14/hello-mac-bye-bye-hash-key/#comment-42 Ha - That was me! I told you where the mysterious hash key was :-D That kept me guessing for ages when I needed that (and you do need it a lot when writing CSS). There are various other weird ones such as apple+alt+shift+4 then press space and click to take a screenshot. Genius! @James - Leopard has quite a decent PDF viewer built in. It's just preview but they've updated it a bit. You can also use quick view when browsing folders and it'll load up a PDF in about a second which is quite good compared to the time it takes Adobe to open one! Ha – That was me! I told you where the mysterious hash key was :-D

That kept me guessing for ages when I needed that (and you do need it a lot when writing CSS). There are various other weird ones such as apple+alt+shift+4 then press space and click to take a screenshot. Genius!

@James – Leopard has quite a decent PDF viewer built in. It’s just preview but they’ve updated it a bit. You can also use quick view when browsing folders and it’ll load up a PDF in about a second which is quite good compared to the time it takes Adobe to open one!

]]> By: James http://www.johnwordsworth.com/2008/01/hello-mac-bye-bye-hash-key/comment-page-1/#comment-41 James Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:57:10 +0000 http://www.johnwordsworth.com/blog/2008-01-14/hello-mac-bye-bye-hash-key/#comment-41 I've never had to use the hash key yet. One good key combination that surprisingly many long-term Mac users don't know about is that you can zoom the entire screen by holding down Ctrl and scrolling. Do the new MacBooks come with Leopard now? One app that I feel Mac OS is sorely missing is a quick PDF reader similar to Foxit Reader on Windows. It's either the heavyweight official Acrobat Reader or Apple's crap Preview program. I think there were some attempts to develop an OSX version of Foxit Reader but it has never come to much. That would be my request for a Cocoa app. I’ve never had to use the hash key yet. One good key combination that surprisingly many long-term Mac users don’t know about is that you can zoom the entire screen by holding down Ctrl and scrolling.

Do the new MacBooks come with Leopard now?

One app that I feel Mac OS is sorely missing is a quick PDF reader similar to Foxit Reader on Windows. It’s either the heavyweight official Acrobat Reader or Apple’s crap Preview program. I think there were some attempts to develop an OSX version of Foxit Reader but it has never come to much. That would be my request for a Cocoa app.

]]> By: Pink http://www.johnwordsworth.com/2008/01/hello-mac-bye-bye-hash-key/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Pink Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:25:04 +0000 http://www.johnwordsworth.com/blog/2008-01-14/hello-mac-bye-bye-hash-key/#comment-40 Someone did a poster that was all of the key combinations required to get the various symbols and suchlike on a mac. No idea where it is though, my brief googlings got me nothing. Someone did a poster that was all of the key combinations required to get the various symbols and suchlike on a mac. No idea where it is though, my brief googlings got me nothing.

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