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[–] enemenemu@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Yeah I've never understood how this is a problem people have, I don't think I've ever accidentally pressed it while playing a game

[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Starcraft - alt and ctrl are frequently used, easy slip to make in a rush. Pretty sure there was an override in the options menu specifically for preventing this.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

depends on what games, in fast pace games you would have keys binded all over easily reachable by your left hand, shift/tab/ctrl/alt could all be used, that's why many gaming keyboards also come with a switch to disable the windows key as well.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I remember having this problem back in like 1998 or whenever that button became a thing. Sometimes if accidentally hit it whike DOS gaming and it would crash my game. No idea why people would want to disable it these days.

[–] Fredol@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I keep pressing it accidentally and getting killed in FPS games

[–] victorz@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

Same. People with small hands maybe, whose hand base is near the keyboard when hovering WASD.

[–] Fredol@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago
[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Am in the only one that uses the meta key (windows key) in games.

[–] Schorsch@feddit.org 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

lol who still uses windows!?

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just like 90% of the world.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People who need painless compatibility --Demonizing gets us less than nowhere

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was just kidding. 😁 But also there is surely a huge number of people who are simply unaware of any alternatives.

[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's almost like those people aren't encouraged to seek out alternatives...like all their peers just called them idiots or something

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It was a joke.

But yes, exactly. The reason is most definitely that nobody tells them there are alternatives. People think Windows "is the computer". Much like they can't separate the monitor from "the computer". And these things are hard, even though they are obvious to us who know.

[–] Schorsch@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

Masochists!

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Hmm? That's not how what works? I was really just making a poor joke there.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

The same people who can't handle the concept and of a meta key lol

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

don't some linux window manager also makes the windows key have a similar function?

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, which is why I don't understand why anybody would want to disable it.