jordanlund@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoMicrosoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square518linkfedilinkarrow-up1567arrow-down149file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.zipBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·3 years agoI use mainly keyboard-controlled WM configurations, so a Super key or a Meta key is useful for me, to separate it from Alt and Ctrl. Which reminds us of the fact that PC keyboards didn’t have those or a Windows key obviously, but Sun keyboards, from googling, did have a Super key. So it’s not them. (And it’s not bad in my opinion)
I use mainly keyboard-controlled WM configurations, so a Super key or a Meta key is useful for me, to separate it from Alt and Ctrl.
Which reminds us of the fact that PC keyboards didn’t have those or a Windows key obviously, but Sun keyboards, from googling, did have a Super key.
So it’s not them.
(And it’s not bad in my opinion)