Did you catch one interesting bit in the last post? The undo shortcut in Paint and other apps in Windows 1.0 used to be Shift+Esc: This reminded me that the classic Ctrl+Alt+Del shortcut was initially Ctrl+Alt+Esc. Except, people apparently invoked it a bit too often by accident, so it was split to require two hands for extra safety. When you look at the keyboard for the original PC, it all makes sense. Esc is at the edge of the main typing block, and in line with all the modifier keys. It would make sense to build a system around this, and it’s interesting to imagine the Esc Kinematic Universe that never happened. Don’t get me wrong: I think it’s good that it didn’t. ⌘Z or Ctrl+Z are much easier to get to than Shift+Esc, especially in concert with cut/copy/paste next door – that system introduced by Apple Lisa and Mac teams deserves endless trophies and infinite accolades. (In case you are curious, Windows 1.0 used Delete for Cut, Insert for Paste, and… F2 for Copy.) But it has…
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