If you say so. I think having to wait for the latency of the web search to come back would drive me up the wall if I tried your method.
Win+number row are hotkeys for your taskbar favorites. No explicit setup is required other than having your taskbar favorites ordered how you want them. Pressing the hotkey will open the program if it’s closed, focus the program if it’s in the background, or minimize the program if it’s focused.
RPN is the best. It’s mostly just doing math in the order it would be calculated anyways, so IMO, it’s far superior for learning (which is 99% of the time any normal person uses a calculator).
Since I pretty much always have a browser open I just use the search bar to do it unless I know I’m doing multiple operations, then it’s off to the pinned calculator shortcut
Is everybody really out there doing arithmetic in their start menu search bar? Calc.exe is a click or hotkey away.
The Start Menu is already there, no hotkey setup required. Plus, I can close it with a single key too. It’s simply more convenient.
If you say so. I think having to wait for the latency of the web search to come back would drive me up the wall if I tried your method.
Win+number row are hotkeys for your taskbar favorites. No explicit setup is required other than having your taskbar favorites ordered how you want them. Pressing the hotkey will open the program if it’s closed, focus the program if it’s in the background, or minimize the program if it’s focused.
I mean technically I do that, but mine doesn’t do a web search (linux) so it’s not equivalent anyway. It is very convenient tho
There isn’t any noticeable latency. I always assumed they did that part locally tbh.
I mean no disrespect, but I have my doubts.
I’ll measure it next time I’m at my desk- on a wired gigabit connection it felt like about 80-100ms
Of course, results probably vary a bit based on how far away the closest Bing server is (or whatever is handling the request)
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You are far too powerful to be in the presence of us mere mortals.
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RPN is the best. It’s mostly just doing math in the order it would be calculated anyways, so IMO, it’s far superior for learning (which is 99% of the time any normal person uses a calculator).
My family doctor collects rare hardware RPN calculators. Its his hobby.
It sits right where you need it, between your rotary dial telephone and your filing trays 👌
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The Dad vibes are chill af 😎
Do you also use a magnifying glass?
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I grab my slide rule from my bag, because I am (mentally) a million years old.
EDIT: if I need precision, I use
bc.Neither option is convenient for me. So I just have a calculator next to me just in case.
It’s really easy for one offs.
pin calc to taskbar. it’s a click away and makes more sense than searching for an arithmetic answer.
I prefer to use my phone, shout out Calculator++ https://f-droid.org/packages/org.solovyev.android.calculator/
Personally I use ueli for everything
That looks very very similar to PowerToys Run, I wonder if they’re related?
Since I pretty much always have a browser open I just use the search bar to do it unless I know I’m doing multiple operations, then it’s off to the pinned calculator shortcut