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.

  • Donjuanme@lemmy.worldEnglish
    831·
    11 months ago

    No, fuck you. It’s hard enough to find a keyboard with Ctrl and Alt in the positions I prefer these days. I don’t need any of the current keys smaller to make room for another one, the only times I hit that stupid key between them is quickly followed by cursing. I remove the windows key from my gaming keyboards because I don’t need it, FN is also a pain, especially when there’s no fn lock toggle. Why don’t we just use that as an alternate key? Microsoft go fuck yourself.

      • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        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.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      I mean, it seemed pretty obvious from the headline, but the article specifies that while they’re doing this, it’s not like they can somehiw make the 100s (if not thousands) of different keyboard manufacturers include this key…

      What might happen later is they require OEM products to have it when they come with Windows.

      Which would still really only be an issue for laptops.

      And I’m pretty sure even people with “gaming laptops” don’t use the built in keyboard most of the time.

      I dunno tho. I’ve never been able to understand the people who buy gaming laptops.