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[–] Elieas@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Annoys me that "modern" in this case means whatever Microsoft does and whatever Microsoft users are used to. Especially since a lot of those "modern" binding have been around since the 80s.

"Modern" has become one of those words that's way over used to the point of meaninglessness.

[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Those keybindings are prevalent outside of windows though, Ctrl+C is almost universally copy and Ctrl+V is almost universally paste - it might have been popularised by windows at some point in history but it's well beyond that.

There's an argument for consistency, especially with basic functions.