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[Barry Warsaw <barry@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 30, 2012, at 10:15 AM, gabriel pettier wrote:

>I don't get the issue, the HUD is only displayed if you do a brief taping on
>alt, i don't know of any application that use such a brief tap on alt,
>softwares always use this key in combination with another key, any press
>longer than half a second if ignored, any taping in combination with another
>key too, so i don't see any conflict with any app there. For example, i can
>do alt-l (lower word) and alt-u (upper word) in a terminal without any issue.

I've had lots of people tell me that they never realized how often (and
unconsciously) they hover and inadvertently tap alt during their daily lives,
until the HUD distraction forced them to confront the ugly truth. :)

-Barry