Appleiphany (noun): The feeling experienced when using or viewing an Apple device, questioning why the heck things haven't worked like this all along. Example: When viewing the recent iPhone Guided Tour, I kept asking myself why mobile phones don't already do all this stuff... seriously, it's so dang obvious. See also hindsight.
When I joined the IST Solutions Institute this fall, I found myself in a Macintosh-friendly environment for the first time in a decade.
I've always had a soft spot in my heart (or head) for the much-maligned platform — its elegance and consistency appeals to me. Since Macromedia was nice enough to recently begin seriously supporting ColdFusion development on OS X, I jumped at the chance to try working on a modern Macintosh.
My first shock after switching platforms was discovering my dependence on the Home and End keys in Windows. The fact that I couldn't hit Shift-End to highlight from the current cursor location to the end of the line drove me nuts. Figuring that I could not be the only person to notice this, I did some digging and I finally found a solution.
On most Macintosh-native applications, the same effect can be achieved by holding down the Command (or Apple) key and using the right-arrow (for End) or left-arrow (for Home) keys. If you want to select the text instead of just moving the cursor, hold your Shift key down as usual.
