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Aargh, just noticed the keyboard violates another one of my cardinal usability rules: everything directly below the Enter key must be a Shift key. This one inve
by sowbug 9y ago
Aargh, just noticed the keyboard violates another one of my cardinal usability rules: everything directly below the Enter key must be a Shift key. This one invented a need for a second Fn key and then fulfilled it by taking away some of the right Shift key... worse, it took the area that touch typists actually use to press Shift.
Chromebooks, Apple, and Microsoft understand this. Dell mostly does. Logitech does not, nor do second-tier manufacturers who try to shrink down layouts without user-testing with conventionally trained touch typists.
Purism, if you're reading this, please: right Shift must fully overlap the horizontal space of the Enter key.
- hoosieree 9y agoA few of Lenovo's Flex/Yoga line have this infuriating right shift key placement: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lenovo+flex+4+shift+key&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laptopkey.com%2Fuploads%2F2068_1487725612_yyj.jpg https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lenovo+flex+4+shift+key&iar=images... (the SHIFT key is to the right of the UP_ARROW key) Why laptop manufacturers feel the need to get creative with the key placement is beyond me.
- darklajid 9y agoMy laptop doesn't have an End key. Trips me up every time I am without a decent keyboard (to be fair: I mostly use it docked).