Leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showM to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish · 11 months agoMicrosoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down113
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minus-squareLeo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoIf it ends up a staple like the super key… I wonder what we could repurpose it for?
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIt’s just another programmable key at that point
minus-squareLeo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months 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-squarerottingleaflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoSuper key is older than Windows key. It was present on Sun keyboards, on Space Cadet keyboards and Lord knows where else.
minus-squareCJOtheReal@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months 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.