Personally I press Ctrl

  • azimir@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Space key. That way it won’t accidentally enter an actual letter or command that could be passed to the current active application.

    That’s not really much of a problem anymore these days (serious issue in WinXP era), but it’s still the safe key, so I use it.

    Edit: I totally botched this. I meant Shift key. Derp.

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      4 months ago

      Space bar is “accept” in many interfaces. If the screen was off but not locked, and a dialog box was focused, hitting space will submit that in some OS.

      Control, on the other hand, won’t.

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        4 months ago

        I use mine for Star Power in Clone Hero (Guitar Hero-ish game)

        Way back in the day I always wanted one to use as my push to talk key for Ventrilo… But these days with noise reduction algorithms, boom mics with cardioid sensitivity spaces, and adjustable activation threshold, I just leave my mic on auto activate.

        I should probably find something else to use it for…