So many operating systems and so many graphical desktop environments... This article is a comparison of the UI and usability of several Desktop Environments (DEs), that have been widely used, admired and reviled: Windows XP Luna, BeOS 6 (Dano/Zeta), Mac OS X Aqua and Unix's KDE and Gnome. Read on which one got our best score on our long term test and usage.
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When you need to get access to different controls via the keyboard you can tab between selection and text fields by default.
If you want to be able to tab to all UI elements like in Windows, just go to the System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Full Keyboard Access, and at the bottom of the window change the radio button from "Text boxes and lists only" to "Any control"
In MacOS X...
When you need to get access to different controls via the keyboard you can tab between selection and text fields by default.
If you want to be able to tab to all UI elements like in Windows, just go to the System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Full Keyboard Access, and at the bottom of the window change the radio button from "Text boxes and lists only" to "Any control"
-Nathan