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| Thread ID: 100943 | 2009-06-26 19:00:00 | "ANY" Key Still Missing - Next It's The "DELETE" Key | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 786091 | 2009-06-26 19:00:00 | If ever there were a time to make radical changes to the keyboard, now might be it . As evidence, Paul Bradley, an executive creative director at the global design group Frog Design noted the high tolerance many younger people show for tapping out cell phone messages on tiny keypads using only their thumbs . Lenovo is on a more conservative course . In designing the new ThinkPad, it installed keystroke-tracking software on about 30 employees' computers (they volunteered) . On average, they used the "Escape" and "Delete" keys 700 times a week, yet those were the only "outboard" keys, or non-letter keys, that hadn't been enlarged . For all I care they can remove the F-keys and I won't miss them . The BIGGEST thing they can do is move that sto-o-o-o-pid Caps-Lock key to some place where I can't hit it by accident and type garbage for ten minutes (not a touch-typist, I stare at the keys themselves) but DO NOT REMOVE MY DELETE KEY! I have worn off the print on it and if I didn't know where it was exactly, I'd die trying to find it all the time - I use it as an on-screen edit button . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 786092 | 2009-06-27 01:39:00 | You can always remap the capslock key to something else. www.usnetizen.com It worked for me. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 786093 | 2009-06-27 02:00:00 | I also find no use for the Caps Lock key. I tend to hold Shift when typing all caps. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 786094 | 2009-06-27 02:10:00 | They're not removing the delete key. They are going to stretch it out vertically. Good idea in my mind. Also, I'd be keen to ditch the Caps Lock key. |
the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 786095 | 2009-06-27 02:11:00 | Remapping it? I like that idea. Now - what shall I make it do? |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 786096 | 2009-06-27 02:27:00 | Remapping it? I like that idea . Now - what shall I make it do? Serve beer? |
the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 786097 | 2009-06-27 02:27:00 | I set mine to another Tab key. Large Tab FTW. :D | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 786098 | 2009-06-27 02:28:00 | Will it serve a Glen Fiddich Single Malt? | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 786099 | 2009-06-27 02:30:00 | Only one. It may be served elsewhere though. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 786100 | 2009-06-27 02:35:00 | Only one. It may be served elsewhere though. That explains the messes I see on the seat... |
the_bogan (9949) | ||
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