Do you use shortcut key when you do Mylot?
By cheongyc
@cheongyc (5072)
Malaysia
May 12, 2008 7:58am CST
I found that many people are more used to using mouse when they are surfing internet. It's more user friendly but if you are using it all the times, it's quite tedious and slower if compared to using short cut key. When I surf internet, especially Mylot, I use some of the common short cut key. For example, for copying, I use CTRL+C and for pasting, I use CTRL+V. For going back to previous page, I use BACKSPACE. To go to the front of the line, I use HOME key while for jumping to end of the line, I use END key. By using these key, it's very much convenient to me and make my time in Mylot a more pleasant one 
So, do you all use short cut keys? Or do you just use mouse only?
So, do you all use short cut keys? Or do you just use mouse only?2 people like this
5 responses
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
12 May 08
i used shortcut keys but only two, copy and paste. Ctrl C and Ctrl V. i used this shortcut key always than using my mouse but other thing i am more convenient in using my mouse. i always change my mouse because it easy worn out, over use i think is the caused.
@cheongyc (5072)
• Malaysia
14 May 08
Using both copy and paste shortcut key is good enough. It saves you time and effort. I forgot to mention about the 'select all' function CTRL+A. It's very handy as well to select all the text before you copy it. Are you still using mouse with track ball? Because the optical mouse shouldn't be worn out so fast. Thanks for your response julyteen!
@cheongyc (5072)
• Malaysia
20 May 08
I see. The CTRL+A is a very useful shortcut key as well. Not only in Mylot. I use if in other text editing software like MS Word, Notepad & etc. I just remember that I have an optical mouse which malfunction quite some time ago. So, I think optical mouse could be easily malfunction as well, compared to the track ball one.
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
12 May 08
Recently I have learned and know to use the home button and the end button instead of using mouse. It is more convenient and faster, than to scroll the mouse, to go to the top of the page or to the bottom of page directly. I rarely use CTRL+ C and CTRL+V for coping and pasting. I prefer to use mouse for doing these. May be you are right my dear, I don't feel so tedious and slower if using the shortcut key on the keyboard more frequently.
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@cheongyc (5072)
• Malaysia
14 May 08
Right, the HOME and END button is very useful. I observed that many of my friends overlook their functionality. Besides for faster browsing as you mentioned, it's also very useful for text editing in Mylot. When you want to go the very first character of a sentence, you can type HOME. While going to end of the line when you are typing, pressing the END key will do. I use them a lot when I want to go to the front or end of a single line during text editing. By using shortcut key, we can do text editing much faster and won't be fatigued by excessive mouse movement. Thanks for your comment lkbooi!
@cheongyc (5072)
• Malaysia
14 May 08
Glad to know that you are making use of the shortcut keys. It will save you time and effort during surfing and editing. I think it's very useful in Mylot too. All this while I have been using CTRL+A/C/V/X, HOME, END, TAB & SPACEBAR to do all the surfing and text editing. I am curious that you say that it's not so useful in Mylot. One of the responder just suggest me to press on CTRL while opening a link, so that the target link appear in a new browser window. I found that's is useful and handy when I want to start a new thread for faster browing and shorter loading time. Thanks for your response subha12!
@cheongyc (5072)
• Malaysia
15 May 08
Well, I seldom use the spacebar. It's for faster scrolling, similar to the effect of using the PAGEDOWN key. You can try other keys that is recommended. Who knows, it might help you improve your experience with the net surfing and text editing. So far, I found that using shortcut key is way faster than using mouse. Thanks for your response Pitgull!
