Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994::Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.

  • LWD@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    There’s some pretty wild keyboards out there, but I have to agree. It’s not that they’re adding another key, it’s that the key has no use.

    Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional

    Laptop keyboards in general are a real mess. I don’t think there’s any Fn standardization (or any standardization at all outside of desktop keyboards), so these days it’s one of the biggest things I check before considering a purchase.

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      1 year ago

      Um… that’s your example of a “wild” keyboard? I would’ve gone with a “Steno” keyboard. Which is inspired by the custom keyboards used in court houses to write transcripts. Typing on them is crazy fast too.

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      1 year ago

      Holy forking shirtballs, the longer I look at that the worse it gets

      As a PowerShell scripter, having the backtick and pipe keys moved with the escape and delete in their places would just drive me batty

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, it doesn’t seem like the world’s worst change, but it’s weird that they got rid of the keys near the bottom while splitting Backspace in half.

        Could be worse.

        A 40% Vortex keyboard with no number row

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          1 year ago

          Is this one supposed to be worse? 'Cause rn it’s marginally better (split spacebar => ~3 keys for each thumb instead of 2.5).

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            1 year ago

            It depends if you like typing anything on the number row

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              1 year ago

              Personally, I find layers more convenient. Like numbers on qwerty…, shift+numbers on asdf…, and all that stuff

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                1 year ago

                I love layers too, caps lock is my escape key/modifier key now and im happy.

                Also, do you like to peck and type your numbers using “Fn”, “Fn1”, “Pn”, the illusive green modifier or all of them at once for capital numbers /s