>In the case of finding something, holding down one key while pressing another has no parallel to real life searching.
Ok, so you would recommend what? A single key? But remember, it needs to work in a text editor where you're actually typing stuff.
Of course, searching is such a fundamental verb that there probably should be a dedicated key on keyboards for it. In fact, on android phones, one of the four standard hardware buttons is for search. But the designers of most software have to work in the absence of such sensible input devices.
Ok, so you would recommend what? A single key? But remember, it needs to work in a text editor where you're actually typing stuff.
I hate to be the guy, but the "/" key definitely works to find something on firefox (and lots of programs), and definitely works in at least one text editor I know of...
There are fewer people in all of Sweeden than the city in which I currently live. I don't think theirs is the keyboard the world should be optimising for.
Ok, so you would recommend what? A single key? But remember, it needs to work in a text editor where you're actually typing stuff.
Of course, searching is such a fundamental verb that there probably should be a dedicated key on keyboards for it. In fact, on android phones, one of the four standard hardware buttons is for search. But the designers of most software have to work in the absence of such sensible input devices.