That moment when you realise you actually don't so much touch type as four-finger type.
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That moment when you realise you actually don't so much touch type as four-finger type.
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That moment when you realise you actually don't so much touch type as four-finger type.
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If you do the four-finger shortcut to paste it as text, it mangles newlines etc.
You can easily bind window snaps to everything from keypresses, to four-finger-sweeps on the trackpad, to dragging window titlebars to the screen corners.
Another trick is to have each PDF file you need to switch between open in a separate app, then four-finger swipe between them.
You'd have to use both hands to pull off a four-finger gesture.
The equivalent action on iOS is either a four-finger swipe to the right, or else double-tapping the home button, then tapping on an app.
Cards is a cool concept, but I don't think it improves usability significantly (at least not significantly more than four-finger swipe).
Even better with MacBook: four-finger swipe to the side, done.
In 10.7: • Four-finger swipe right or left: change windows.
The four-finger sliding gesture is just too heavy-handed.
- Four-finger swipe left/right takes about 1 second.
• Four-finger swipe up: change between desktops.
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One of the most annoying is four-finger swipes to bring up launchpad: the "blur" animation starts and then just hangs midway, leaving a half-transparent launchpad that works with keyboard controls but not mouse-clicks.
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How do you use four-finger in a sentence?
That moment when you realise you actually don't so much touch type as four-finger type.