⌨️ Shortcuts and Keyboards

 "Write about what you know to use." 

The way all keys feel under my bare fingers when I press them represents several fights throughout my years of practice and work. It could seem weird to write about this; however, I would not create stories without this tool. 

    Yes, I will describe the fascination I have for physical keyboards—specifically, PC ones. 

For me, it is essential to mention how companies create each typing console. The variety sometimes goes from colored-light and extensive keys—producing a pleasant sound, to others with reduced space between the case's bottom and its top, plus their inexistent sound, making the whole experience silent. You touch the base quietly. And velocity is the reason I am still here, falling in love each week with a computer more than a cellphone.

    Building a great, enduring ability with this 104-soft-opaque and rectangular-delimited space requires time and courage.—things I love. Consequently, after fifteen years of practice, my typing flow increased during my adolescence. My hair turned blacker and larger while sat in front of them. Friends and relationships changed while my gun became harder to type. Most of the novels I read, I opened them with a fancy shortcut. 

Among the several capabilities a keyboard has, my favorite path to follow during extended periods in front of it are six timesavers. I will mention my ideal order to press them. 

• Windows + E: By far, the best and most used combination, I dare to say, of the Microsoft ecosystem. With it, you launch the Windows Explorer, directly opening the Computer folder. And this is where the story began; one night, my mother let me play on her computer when I pressed the mentioned sequence by mistake, an emerging message appeared—I was five at the time—I immediately ran to my parents' room and asked her. "Mommy, I broke your computer. What can I do to keep playing?" 

• Alt + Tab: The fastest shortcut of the bundle. The way you know you are doing things right. Visualize moving through each computer application instantly without touching your mouse. Well, here is your solution.

• Ctrl + Tab: The best of the rest. The young brother of the previous one, its functions are very similar and faster. However, it only works when you have more than two tabs initiated.

• Windows + D:  Bring me in, bring me out from the Desk. It is practical when avoiding gossip people behind us. Moreover, its versatility allows us to access the main screen of the laptop.

• Ctrl + T: I need more tabs. What can I do? Oh, yes. This timesaver is vital when your work has become longer than thought. I recommend using it as much as possible—it only operates on an internet browser.

• Ctrl + W: Be careful with this magic move. Please do not use it unless you want to close the current tab, and you have already saved your progress. Its ability consists of closing something and keeping its content on the computer's memory. Opportunely, there is another shortcut that can bring it back if you click it by error. 

• Ctrl + Shift + T: Thank you, God! You brought it back; forgive me for my silly mistake of pressing Ctrl + W. I will not do it again.

 Onward...