> 1) I didn't know you can rename a file like that.
Yet you had no problem whining about how it's impossible to rename files on OSX. Great.
> I assumed that pressing Return would, you know, open the file.
You assumed wrong. You should stop assuming stuff like that.
> How do you open the file from the keyboard, then?
Command-O or Command-down.
> I also don't know what the Windows F2 dance is. I can right click and choose Rename from the context menu, or right click and press M, or press the stupid context key on the keyboard and then press M.
So... you like making your life harder than it should be?
> Control and command are WAY too similar,
Seriously?
> Option/Alt has two names?
Its name is "Option Key", but in non-OSX software it maps to Alt. As a result, the key is stenciled with both "alt" and the option key symbol.
> And what is what that weird symbol that represents it in the context menus?
The unicode character U+2325 called "OPTION KEY". Seems fitting isn't it?
> I didn't count Shift.
You didn't count AltGr either.
> Oh well. Windows doesn't use that Windows key in the same way.
True, Windows generally does not provide many ways to reach variants of existing actions. Which is the point of the Option key (that and AltGr's: provide supplementary character mappings on the keyboard).
Yet you had no problem whining about how it's impossible to rename files on OSX. Great.
> I assumed that pressing Return would, you know, open the file.
You assumed wrong. You should stop assuming stuff like that.
> How do you open the file from the keyboard, then?
Command-O or Command-down.
> I also don't know what the Windows F2 dance is. I can right click and choose Rename from the context menu, or right click and press M, or press the stupid context key on the keyboard and then press M.
So... you like making your life harder than it should be?
> Control and command are WAY too similar,
Seriously?
> Option/Alt has two names?
Its name is "Option Key", but in non-OSX software it maps to Alt. As a result, the key is stenciled with both "alt" and the option key symbol.
> And what is what that weird symbol that represents it in the context menus?
The unicode character U+2325 called "OPTION KEY". Seems fitting isn't it?
> I didn't count Shift.
You didn't count AltGr either.
> Oh well. Windows doesn't use that Windows key in the same way.
True, Windows generally does not provide many ways to reach variants of existing actions. Which is the point of the Option key (that and AltGr's: provide supplementary character mappings on the keyboard).
> Get Info? Sure. It's a Properties window.
And one of the properties of a file is its name.
> Besides, I didn't say OS X was bad
Oh come on, your whole comment screamed it.