Is the 'back' or 'select' button the most useless button in gaming history?

[Proto]

The select button on controllers reminds me of the Tab button on keyboards.

People are too spoiler by the mouse and visual interfaces. How do you think we switched between menus on text based interfaces!!

Jokes aside, it is normally the user choice for identation when programming and in text based databases and data files. And <ALT>-TAB

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[Ahielia]

Originally Posted by bobrocks95

Tab button on keyboards.

but they really have no purpose.

You never use alt+tab to switch between windows?
And tab is also used to switch between text windows.

Tab has a lot more uses than the select button

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[bobrocks95]

In a game guys, come on

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[DinJerr]

Aw come on, the PC has its demon too. When was the last time you pressed the two keys sitting beside the handy PrtScrn?

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[Exodus]

Originally Posted by DinJerr

Aw come on, the PC has its demon too. When was the last time you pressed the two keys sitting beside the handy PrtScrn?

I hate the insert key.

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[Cid Highwind]

Originally Posted by Exodus

I hate the insert key.

Me too, but I think he meant the Scroll Lock and Pause/Break.

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[Exodus]

Originally Posted by Cid Highwind

Me too, but I think he meant the Scroll Lock and Pause/Break.

Oh, I know. It was just that all the talk about keys on a keyboard reminded me of my hate of the Insert and I felt I had to share.

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^Let's start the "insert" hate club.

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[Paratech]

I use the "Select" / "back" button for inserting coins into emulators!

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[Proto]

Me too, but I think he meant the Scroll Lock and Pause/Break.

The pause/break key has its uses in console manipulation, I remember it being used when interfacing with Cisco equipment, but I have never managed to decipher what's the heck the scroll block key is used for.

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[PCXL-Fan]

Originally Posted by brobrocks95

In a game guys, come on

Tab is often the map key in games. A useful thing to have the map button so close to the wasd keys instead of somewhere like the 'm' button, where you have to move your hand off wasd or at least look down at the keyboard to press it.

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Originally Posted by Exodus

Yes, I like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music and download video game music. Yes, I know... I've changed.

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[Phil]

If your running on professional applications, tab IS A MUST have. For my work, we use proprietary software that relies heavily on it. In the right scenarios, tab is 500% faster then a mouse when filling in multiple fields .

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[PCXL-Fan]

Originally Posted by Phil

If your running on professional applications, tab IS A MUST have. For my work, we use proprietary software that relies heavily on it. In the right scenarios, tab is 500% faster then a mouse when filling in multiple fields .

In another scenario, tab(+alt) is 500% faster then a mouse at minimizing out of a session of team fortress when the boss walks by. Professionals live and by that key.

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Originally Posted by Exodus

Yes, I like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music and download video game music. Yes, I know... I've changed.

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Originally Posted by strike105x

^Let's start the "insert" hate club.

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[BigIg]

Originally Posted by Cid Highwind

Me too, but I think he meant the Scroll Lock and Pause/Break.

I've actually used the Pause/break key a few times. When the BIOS starts up really fast but theres a message in it you want to read it becomes useful.

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