LeoMA to Linux and Tech NewsEnglish • 1 year agoMicrosoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square6arrow-up14arrow-down114
arrow-up1-10arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994arstechnica.comLeoMA to Linux and Tech NewsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square6
minus-squareLeoOPMAlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoIf it ends up a staple like the super key… I wonder what we could repurpose it for?
minus-squaresouthsamurailinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoIt’s just another programmable key at that point
minus-squareLeoOPMAlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoExactly! If it’s on every keyboard one day… I mean, Windows is still pervasive, for better or worse… that would likely mean most will converge on a similar thing eventually just like the super key did for non-Windows OSes.
minus-square@rottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoSuper key is older than Windows key. It was present on Sun keyboards, on Space Cadet keyboards and Lord knows where else.
minus-square@CJOtheReal@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI don’t want it at all. Completely useless.
If it ends up a staple like the super key… I wonder what we could repurpose it for?
It’s just another programmable key at that point
Exactly! If it’s on every keyboard one day… I mean, Windows is still pervasive, for better or worse… that would likely mean most will converge on a similar thing eventually just like the super key did for non-Windows OSes.
Super key is older than Windows key. It was present on Sun keyboards, on Space Cadet keyboards and Lord knows where else.
I don’t want it at all. Completely useless.