Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.

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.eeEnglish
    6·
    11 months 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.

    • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months 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.

    • laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      11 months 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

      • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        11 months 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