Talk about teaching an old dog new tricks: despite having played Solitaire for, oooh, about 10 years now, I never knew that you could automatically send up cards by right-clicking them. Solitaire games suddenly got so much faster.
In fact, I’d dread to think how much time I could have saved if I’d known this right from the start. Probably several hours at least…
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July 26, 2005 at 17:35
I wouldn’t feel bad; I actually found this out just last week myself. Solitaire Help says you can also use Ctrl+A.
July 26, 2005 at 18:48
Possibly, I daren’t say it, but possibly, even days!
July 26, 2005 at 18:50
Hey I did not know that either, I always double clicked them. Thanks for the tip, my solitaire time will be decreased also!
July 26, 2005 at 20:51
Oh, so it does. I’ve always used double click, but it’ll sure make finishing up quicker!!! (as well as saving my left-mouse-button).
July 26, 2005 at 23:30
Neil,
b3ta has a good interview with Wes Cherry, the bloke that wrote the game for Microsoft. An important part of computing history
July 27, 2005 at 02:21
That doesn’t work on my Win98 version. :-/
July 27, 2005 at 08:03
Hey, didn’t know that either.
If only the iPod’s solitaire game had something similar- I’ve spent so much time towards the end of each game moving all the cards to the top of the table.
July 27, 2005 at 08:10
I had no idea either. Thanks man.
Not that I play a lot of solitaire these days, but still.
July 27, 2005 at 08:12
Totally OT: I notice you have Google ads. How much do you make off them, and how many visitors do you have here roughly? I just added AdSense to my blog and I’m sort of wondering what kind of outcome I can expect.
July 27, 2005 at 15:29
And on the subject of google ads, I see you can train your dog to do tricks…
July 30, 2005 at 17:54
It’s amazing what a degree can do for you when using computers isn’t it.
You can do a similar thing on your handheld too.
(BTW, I visited Bradford last wednesday, and hardly recognised the place)
August 11, 2005 at 00:03
When playing a three card draw you can cheat by pressing ctr/alt/shift at the same time then click the deck (finger cramps!) and it will give you one card at a time! So you do not have to pull your hair out over burried cards.