Curse

mangakiwi · Dec 16, 2005, 08:46 AM // 08:46

I cannot tell you how many times I have been holding down the Alt key and accidently pressed tab to cycle through to the nearest enemy!

Picture yourself here. You and your party are in a heated battle, your life is low, you press tab to toggle through to the next enemy. BOOM! Hello desktop!

Come back and you are dead.

It would be so helpful if you could disable the Alt+tab, Alt+ Enter, and windows key when you are playing GW.

Undivine · Dec 16, 2005, 10:22 AM // 10:22

I'll second that request. I tend not to use tab, but that annoying windows key is awful! I mean it sits there, it does nothing. You never use it for anything for any reason ever, and the only thing it has ever accomplished since Microsoft first introduced it is kick people out of their games!

So I'm /signing that, and also /signing the petition to murder Mircrosoft chairmen.

dont feel no pain · Dec 16, 2005, 10:27 AM // 10:27

sometimes i want to rip the windows key out of my keyboard!!

mortalis doleo · Dec 16, 2005, 12:26 PM // 12:26

"press alt+f4 to see enemy stats"

you need to be able to disable alt+f4 (that would be the default), so that this kind of thing stopped happening...

Kariston The Swift · Dec 16, 2005, 12:53 PM // 12:53

I hear about alot of people just popping out their windows key lol.

Deadlyjunk · Dec 16, 2005, 01:03 PM // 13:03

Tip: know your keyboard

Chev of Hardass · Dec 16, 2005, 01:03 PM // 13:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by dont feel no pain

sometimes i want to rip the windows key out of my keyboard!!

I did that months ago.

Now about that alt+tab, that is a pain.

Mathias Deathwater · Dec 16, 2005, 07:18 PM // 19:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deadlyjunk

Tip: know your keyboard

Yeah, that doesn't help much when you're reaching for ctrl and you accidentaly nudge the windows key. I know exactly where it is, but that doesn't stop me from accidentally bumping it.

Oh, and /signed. The windows key must die.

ghezbora · Dec 16, 2005, 07:42 PM // 19:42

http://www.dansdata.com/ibmkeyboard.htm

no windows key! i use one and i can never go back to 104 key rubber dome ----tastic keyboards ever again...

btw thats also a HILARIOUS read even if you're happy with your keyboard

Fred Kiwi · Dec 17, 2005, 12:00 AM // 00:00

the windows key is your friend! I love it, you are all fat fingered mongs.

H2SO4 · Dec 17, 2005, 12:37 AM // 00:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chev of Hardass

I did that months ago.

Now about that alt+tab, that is a pain.

yeah me too, late at night you hit the windows nd the nby the time you pull up gw again its toolate pwned by a grawl or sometihng.

But if you HOLD your finger on the windows butto nand then HOLD alt then rlease windows you sohuld be ok

wolver1ne · Dec 17, 2005, 12:39 AM // 00:39

Window mode is the best.

Kai Nui · Dec 17, 2005, 03:44 AM // 03:44

Get a screwdriver and slip it in between the keyboard and the Window's key and pry the button out. You can replace it when you're done playing, I have done this many times. Also since my brother can't type well I've swapped some of the keys around like N and M. Lol, it really screws with people.

Fungus Amongus · Dec 17, 2005, 05:08 AM // 05:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mathias Deathwater

Yeah, that doesn't help much when you're reaching for ctrl and you accidentaly nudge the windows key. I know exactly where it is, but that doesn't stop me from accidentally bumping it.

Oh, and /signed. The windows key must die.

Understatement....

/Signed

MCS · Dec 17, 2005, 06:28 AM // 06:28

My keyboard doesn't have a windows key

.

Markaedw · Dec 17, 2005, 07:28 AM // 07:28

http://www.bytegems.com/ihatethiskey.shtml

try this program

VGJustice · Dec 17, 2005, 07:31 AM // 07:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mathias Deathwater

The windows key must die.

/signed and /signed

EF2NYD · Dec 17, 2005, 07:55 AM // 07:55

Alt+tab is every multitasker's friend. I use it all the time to switch to something else while I'm not doing anything in GW. I've never had a problem with it, since alt just shows friendlies in the area and ctrl shows enemies?

I use the Windows key as a quick minimize when I want to do something else as well. Also useful to start opening programs when you have GW running in a window and not having to minimize it to the desktop. Never pressed it accidentally ever.

Alt+enter, never had a problem with that? Under what circumstances would you need to press that combination other than fullscreen/window?

Apple · Dec 17, 2005, 07:58 AM // 07:58

/not signed
Not everyone uses Guild Wars and Guild Wars alone while they're on the computer, so screw that. I regularly use MSN messenger and AIM while listening to music and playing GW, so no. Definitely not signed.

EDIT : Yeah, and i took out my windows keys ages ago too :P

HawkofStorms · Dec 17, 2005, 08:00 AM // 08:00

My problem is I have a laptop. Their keyboads are quite condensed. The alt, ctrl, and windows keys are all right next too each other (as in, no gap between each other).

To apple, that is why it is an OPTION! You don't have to enable it. Just give us people who like it the abilty to do it.