[ubermonkey]

It's super weird that your list just assumes the Windows way for things is "standard" or "normal" and the Mac way is wrong, when both paths are (most of the time) entirely arbitrary. E.g., Home and End behavior, delete key behavior.

As others have noted, your list also includes dings on the Mac that are factually inaccurate, so...

[nolok]

> It's super weird that your list just assumes the Windows way for things is "standard" or "normal" and the Mac way is wrong, when both paths are (most of the time) entirely arbitrary. E.g., Home and End behavior, delete key behavior.

To be fair, most "mac is better" list do the same.

Ultimately to each their own and let's all be glad we have both alternatives.

[ubermonkey]

>To be fair, most "mac is better" list do the same.

That hasn't been my experience, but okay.

[ajford]

Well, things like the home/end behavior and back/delete key behavior are different on OS X but behave the same on Windows, most standard linux flavors, Sun OS, many BSD flavors, and Chrome OS (I'll give you the argument that this is just linux with a coat of paint), to name a few off the top of my head.

When you take that into consideration, OS X is the odd one out.

I do agree that some of the things in the list aren't correct though, and some are definitely more subjective.

[PascLeRasc]

I don't believe I've ever had a keyboard with Home/End keys. What do they do on OS X/Linux?

[dTal]

Home and End move the cursor to the beginning and the end of the line, respectively, on any computer except a Mac.

It's extremely unlikely that you've never had a keyboard with these keys!

[copperx]

Control a and e (the Emacs shortcuts everybody knows) work on all Mac applications. That’s why home and end work differently.

[Tijdreiziger]

> (the Emacs shortcuts everybody knows)

[citation needed]

[ajford]

Vim user: I think you mean ^ and $

[SecurityLagoon]

You have almost certainly had a keyboard with these, even if it was behind a fn key combo on a laptop.