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Disagree. It's Dell's decision if they want to screw around with the key-arrangement, but there would have been zero issue for them to keep Home/End also mapped

Disagree. It's Dell's decision if they want to screw around with the key-arrangement, but there would have been zero issue for them to keep Home/End also mapped on the arrow keys to keep at least some consistency. I actually use a Bluetooth keyboard right now which has nothing printed on the arrow keys and still works as Home/End with Fn+Left/Right. Even Apple has keyboards with dedicated Home/End keys and still keeps the mapping also on Fn+Left/Right. So yeah, it's not a bug, but it's still a usability issue in their keyboard firmware they should fix

naikrovek 5y ago
it is definitely not a firmware big if it was an intentional decision. it's not a usability issue, either. yes, it sucks that the keyboard layout changed, sure. and, you're a human, right? a member of the most adaptable species ever known? yes. yes, you are. you can handle retraining some muscle memory. early in my career, every single computer I used had a different keyboard layout. every. single. one. at most it was a very mild inconvenience.
- zenexer 5y ago
  If you’re switching between computers a lot, it can be difficult to adapt. I use macOS, Windows, and Linux daily, and the difference between Command on macOS and Control on the other two still throws me off every time. Fn + arrow keys has become something of a convention; it works even when not explicitly printed on the keycaps.