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
arrow-up1-9arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994arstechnica.comLeo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showM to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square6fedilink
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.
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.