Anytime I go to tap something on a page and it suddenly decides something hadn't loaded yet and suddenly changes whats under my finger/mouse.
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I've had that in happen to me where I try to click on something and it opens a new page. I go back to the previous page. Aim for the link I want to click... Press it... refresh Click the wrong one again...
Sometimes this can go on for 3 or 4 times. I feel like I'm going insane when it happens. How can something so simple be so complicated
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I get this on the web interface of my 3D print server. Occasionally come back in a few hours having printed the wrong file…
This is how we know human advancement still has potential. Nobody has implemented a solution for this. It could be so simple.
Keep the element where the cursor is in the same spot. Any shifting of other elements above or below, fine, but whatever the cursor is on is locked.
Something loads below? Expand the page down to fit. Something loads above? Expand the page up to fit.
It's not rocket science, guys.
This drives me crazy.
C instead of V when I try to paste something... Like I've got something copied and I accidentally hit Ctrl+C again, instead Ctrl+V and now I have to go copy the thing I want to copy again (and then proceed to missclick again, it's a never ending cycle)
get a clipboard manager app
ads. I have literally never clicked on an advertisement on purpose.
When trying to hit the full screen button on YouTube and I accidentally hit the progress bar and it skips to the end of the video
The "Post" button on Lemmy before I finished writing my c
The N key on my phone keyboard. I'm constantly hitting it when I meant to hit Space. So frustrating.
For me it's "v".
IfvI'mvnotvcarefulvIvgetvthis.
For me it’s the . In the browser on iOS. The spacebar shrinks and gives space to the . button that I then constantly hit by accident
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F1 (in Windows)
Here, let's forcefully open up Microsoft Edge regardless of what your browser is set to!
Q in Minecraft. It throws whatever item you’re holding. Sometimes I’m frantic trying to fight something and I end up tossing it my sword. If it’s a zombie, they can pick it up and use it against you.
Nothing like throwing your upgraded diamond sword, into your mob farm. Especially if you haven't put in the droppers.
Yeah, I got annoyed enough at this that I remapped it to ;.
I've had drop item on P for a decade now for the same reason
I always hit the fucking emoji button instead of the number switch button, and I almost never use emojis but my brain doesn’t want me to change it
I, because on youtube that takes me to picture in picture mode and I've literally never wanted it, but it's right about k which is pause/unpause
Why not use space for pause? I never use k.
Way to often the player is not in focus (mostly after alt tabbing) and space bar scrolls me one page down. Now I have to scroll up again and klick into the picture. Infuriates me just thinking about it.
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Because I use j and L for back and forwards 10 seconds, so I might as well use k for pause and resume given its in the middle. Also often space will just scroll down the page, like how up and down arrows sometimes do volume and sometimes scroll.
The mute icon on a browser tab. Chances of wanting to select the tab: 80%; close the tab: 20%; mute: 0%. If I want to do that I’ll right-click and choose from the menu.
Steam Big Picture mode.
Its right there right next to large mode, which you need to use to browse the store.
and every time, I hit big picture mode instead.
and have to sit through the stupid animation, then try to remember how to put it back in regular mode.
and I dont understand why they cant give us an option to disable big picture mode. Its only useful for a niche minority of users, let them have it without becoming a headache for the rest of us.
and make steam remember fucking window sizes and positions while you''re at it, fucking valve. every goddamn steam update just makes the performance and usability worse.
numlock. i never use my numpad as anything but a way to type in 2FA codes, and when nothing happens, i get really confused.
The back button on my mouse. Suddenly the browser goes back one page and forgets where the video on the other page was. Then I have to seek again to figure it out myself.
If you're like me and think it's really stupid that a mouse has a mapped "back" key instead of an extra button, you can easily remap it with x-mouse.
It's freeware, it's extremely light weight and efficient, cleanly starts on boot with no obtrusive ads or notifications, and has a whole suite of options including active-window-specific remapping.
I use it almost exclusively to remap the back and forward buttons on my trackball.
You'd think the chance of accidentally clicking Close on a browser tab would be fairly low, right? Not low enough.
I've also forgotten which application had focus and terminated it, which is a great way to feel like a fucking idiot.
Undo closed tab is Ctrl + Shift + T in most browsers!
Doesn't always prevent Consequences - youtube is hilariously bad at remembering where you actually were in a video, for example.
Going for tab and hit caps lock
When I hitbthe B button instead of spacebar on my tiny, touchscreen cell phone.
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A refresh button when I'm moving around on a map with right mouse button (don't ask me why it's made this way, idk) and it resets all my work done on the map.
The Caps Lock key. I hate it so much that I took it off my keyboard completely. Been that way for over 6mths now. Love it.
The home button is on the touchscreen of my smartphone. When I try to type in a hurry, I often miss the spacebar and tap the home button at some point in a paragraph. Then suddenly I'm looking at the apps I have open, feeling old, wishing for a physical keyboard.
I've hit the spacebar in Baldurs Gate 3 during combat (ends the current turn) way too many times.
Ctrl + Q (close window) in my browser instead of Ctrl + W (close tab)
Similarly, Ctrl + R when Discord has focus (when I thought Firefox was focused instead).
The „unmute“ button on redgif when it then just takes me to redgif itself.
The button on my stylus. I'm trying to draw and this menu pops up.
Almost all the buttons of the YouTube video player in Android, I don't know if it is a bad design, or I have just stupid fingers, but I always end up touching stuff I don't want to, even exiting the video sometimes.
When I'm playing Minecraft and the youngest cat wants attention, she always steps on my keyboard number pad and disables my mini-map. 😒
Discord voice call just tap the name and tap the call button once in a blue moon.
I'm always so scared about this after having it happen exactly once. Even worse when you hit video call.
When I got my mouse, it was so sensitive that I couldn't rest my pointer finger lest I accidentally click. Had to take the mouse apart and put some rubber pieces under it to reduce the sensitivity. Razer Deathadder V2. Works amazingly well after that mod.
Also I use the MessagEase keyboard on my phone and I'm constantly hitting spacebar when I meant to hit 'E'.
The Insert key in a keyboard. I hit it all the time when I use End, Home, or Delete. I finally pulled the button from my keyboard.
Nuclear missile launch button. Luckily it has a cover you have to pull first! Haha.
For me, it’s any button my dog hits when he steps on my PS5 controller while I’m watching TV. ANY button.
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