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Originally Posted by Daedalus
Yes, daily. Things like:
- Not having windows snap do the front as soon as they're clicked on;
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This, 100 times over.
Also, having a reliable way to send a window to the back. (Middle-click-on-the-titlebar does this on some Linux WMs - unless of course the window uses client-side decoration...)
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- Consistent keyboard shortcuts for editing text (e.g. Shift+right arrow to move to the end of the line, Shift+Delete to delete to the end of the line, Shift+left arrow to move to the start of the line, Shift+backspace to delete to the start of the line...);
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To be fair, home/end in combination with shift offers most of that convenience, and is reasoanbly consistent these days.
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- Assigns (most OSes have a vague approximation but nothing quite the same);
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"Assign Add" in particular is a superb facility.
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- UI elements that react when they're clicked, regardless of whether the application is ready to accept the input or not (separate, high priority task for GadTools etc.);
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The feeling of responsiveness this offers is why I always described the Amiga experience as "feeling like you have the computer's full attention."
It's also what's missing in MUI applications.