The other day I was sitting at a computer and I hit Command-Tab to shift between applications. Someone from the Windows side of the fence was peeking over my shoulder and was astonished that Mac OS X had that functionality. So I went on to show what else Command-Tab can do. For example, press Command-Tab and hold the Command key and you’ll keep the Application Picker window open. Then press the Tab key again and it will move to the next application or continue pressing it and it will cycle through all of the open applications until coming back to your current application. Press the Command-Shift-Tab and it will back up an application. Press the Q key with an application highlighted and it will close that application. H will hide things. M will minimize things. Command-Option-Shift-Tab-M will minimize in slow motion. When the Windowz person saw that final one they simply hung their head in shame and returned to their cubicle with a look of defeat. Then I went over to their cube and showed them how to do most of the same stuff in Windows. Sometimes working with end users can be fun – even if it doesn’t seem to happen all that often any more…
