[webjprgm]

ctrl-arrow (which breaks with Lion's Spaces default keys), or shift Home/End in Terminal.

It's not that Macs are crappy, they just have different key bindings. I regularly work with Macs, Windows, and Linux for development and I've just learned to use the different key mappings.

I don't think I'm quite as proficient in any one system because of that, though. For example, I have avoided learning the Emacs key bindings for use in Mac/Terminal. (I don't want to try to remember TWO bindings for Mac, plus I learned vim first so usually avoid Emacs.)

[panzi]

ctrl-arrow jumps to the next word boundary under Linux.

Yes, other systems have other key bindings, but why do common things like jumping to the begin/end of a line need a key combination? And why aren't the characters written onto the keys? Every time I have to type some code on a Mac I have to press all the keys in order to find { } [ ] etc. At leas I learned not to quit the terminal when I want to enter a @ by now. Whose brilliant idea was that?

[sandipc]

{ } [ ] are just above the return key...?

[panzi]

Not on a German keyboard (forgot to mention that, sorry). Where are all the keys a programmer needs here?: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Apple-Wir...

In contrast a German PC keyboard: http://www.buypcsupplies.com/images/cat/38568_xlargenss_ndo4...

However, I prefer a Microsoft Comfort Curve keyboard, but I can't find an image of the German version right now.