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The First Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl-Alt-Del
Keyboard shortcuts, like [Ctrl-C] were created at Xerox in the 1970s, and include functions like cut, copy, and paste.
But the crown jewel of shortcuts, Control-Alt-Delete, was created in the early 1980s by David Bradley, an IBM engineer.
It only took 5 minutes to dream up the iconic combination, which became a hit among IBM employees, then got programmed into the company’s original PC.
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Shortcuts In Modern Apps
One of the biggest trends in productivity software is using shortcuts. Companies like Notion, Superhuman, and Figma have created their own shortcuts to help users save time by ditching the mouse.
If you’re looking to start using your keyboard more effectively, Use The Keyboard
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What Do Engineers See When Making Keyboard Shortcuts
- Make shortcuts easy to remember.
- Ensure they make sense with existing keyboards.
- Develop combinations that don’t trigger other shortcuts.
They also need to factor in how frequently a shortcut will be used. Shortcuts that are used more often tend to include simpler...
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Ctrl+Alt+Del
The famous key combination, Ctrl+Alt+Del is a way for Windows PC users to terminate an unresponsive task, or reboot the system.
The story goes that an engineer at IBM in the year 1980, an era when PCs weren’t sold to the public yet, was designing a program, and had to think of a quick way...
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