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Why alt-tab

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time to investigate

i have often seen people talking about alttabbing on eol. 99% times they say "alttab", 1% "minimize"

dont you guys have windows key on a keyboard that minimizes your window? why use alt tab??? gotta press 2 buttons which makes it uncomfortable and opens useless windows. windows key gets you straight to previously opened window

what the fuck? what makes you use alt tab? please explain, this has been bothering me for years. please reveal the secret. why? why? WHY :?:
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Re: Why alt-tab

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and to alttab back into elma you what, move your mouse cursor over to elma on taskbar and click left button? lel nab


also, "minimising using the windows key and maximising using mouse" sounds approximately 86% less cool than "alttabbing"
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You could call it Winimize (horrible, I know).

Many programs have the shortcut Win+M to minimize, whereas Win alone brings up the start menu (which is also a two-step input, you have to close the menu).
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I had windows key disabled for a while because it was one-click insta fuck-you in games if you hit it by accident. Alt-tab useful then.
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That key is broken on my keyboard :bear:
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jblaze wrote: 20 Dec 2018, 01:11 windows key gets you straight to previously opened window
hmm I have win8 and this button get me to that blue squared menu always
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Hmm, for me it alt-tabs but also opens the startup menu that needs to be closed then. So not sure which method is actually faster.

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Windows+M by default minimises all Windows Xiphias (max useful too)
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I always use the Windows button, since i never close chrome etc, i can just click on them and watch whats up, then click back to game.
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in other news i regularly use win+d to jump to desktop or win+e to open file explorer
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Why use alttab in windowed elma if you can istantly use mouse osv?
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jblaze wrote: 20 Dec 2018, 01:11 i have often seen people talking about alttabbing on eol.
I guess alttabing is just an phraseological gak like "to do google/photoshop/xerox/allah" etc. but they actually dont do that.
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ROKKEBOL wrote: 20 Dec 2018, 14:13 Ontopik
jblaze wrote: 20 Dec 2018, 01:11 i have often seen people talking about alttabbing on eol.
I guess alttabing is just an phraseological gak like "to do google/photoshop/xerox/allah" etc. but they actually dont do that.
Came here to post this.

I often use windows key instead of alt tab because I don't want to open some random thing I have minized, or I may alt tab to something on second screen which means I don't even minimize some times. But I would always use the phrase "alt tab".
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I use alt tab because I have to 🐻
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Kopaka wrote: 20 Dec 2018, 15:15
ROKKEBOL wrote: 20 Dec 2018, 14:13 Ontopik
jblaze wrote: 20 Dec 2018, 01:11 i have often seen people talking about alttabbing on eol.
I guess alttabing is just an phraseological gak like "to do google/photoshop/xerox/allah" etc. but they actually dont do that.
Came here to post this.
already kinda said it in the first reply :P
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I tink I usually say just "tabbed"
then again i don't know anything
maybe easier not to think abouut alöl things thought than not things thought ... or something..=?
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I just keep alt button pressed and cycle through opened windows to find the one I need by pressing tab button. It's very nice when I don't have mouse in hand and I'm in fullscreen app. Not very useful once I grab mouse and taskbar is visible.
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thanks all for contributing in hot and brisk discussion. i have come to eye opening conclusions reading the result of your clever and mindful keypressing.
pawq wrote: 20 Dec 2018, 02:55 and to alttab back into elma you what, move your mouse cursor over to elma on taskbar and click left button? lel nab
yes :D usually using a mouse when elma is down anyways so can ez fastclick
Grace wrote: 20 Dec 2018, 06:09 I had windows key disabled for a while because it was one-click insta fuck-you in games if you hit it by accident. Alt-tab useful then.
this is why my keyboard permanently and irreversibly looks like this for around 8 years. alt is alovolt
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Labs wrote: 20 Dec 2018, 12:50 I always use the Windows button, since i never close chrome etc, i can just click on them and watch whats up, then click back to game.
Kopaka wrote: 20 Dec 2018, 15:15 I often use windows key instead of alt tab
perfect guys, very fine and brave clickings you do! im not alone
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always windows button, perfect function for this seemingly useless shit.
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Can't press that button :bear: it's broken :bear:
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