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Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If only keyboards would have function keys for this purpose, named F1 to F10 for example, so any program could use them for their specific functions...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe even F13 to F24 if more is needed?
Because they used to exist, and support for them still does. Really handy for macro keys.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'd like them to leave F13 onwards alone, purely because it's nice that they'll only ever do what I want them to do

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I remember those keyboard layout cutouts (were they called keyboard templates?) you got which you put on the keyboard with extra explanations of what each function key did in WordPerfect or Lotus or whatever.

I'm old.