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And the power button sitting just above backspace. Point me to a dev who doesn't use backspace about as much as they do the return key ;-)
by proactivesvcs 4y ago
And the power button sitting just above backspace. Point me to a dev who doesn't use backspace about as much as they do the return key ;-)
- GekkePrutser 4y agoYeah it's very hopeful there is a delay built in when pressing that, like Apple does.
- diffeomorphism 4y agoWhy "built in"? Isn't that just software? E.g. on every Linux laptop I had there was a drop-down menu for "when power button is pressed, do...".
- GekkePrutser 4y agoWell, it triggers an ACPI event, that is pretty close to hardware. And it's handy to not ignore the power button. What Apple does is just waiting to trigger the ACPI event unless you press it for half a second or so.
- drKarl 4y agoWell actually... I use vim keybindings everywhere including IntelliJ, and I don't use the backspace to delete as it's inefficient... I sometimes use the return key, but not that often either since I have more efficient ways to open a new line as well. I'm sure there's lots of devs like me... That said, the location of the power button is unfortunate, I would expect it to be on the corner.
- orthoxerox 4y agoBack in the U I had to use some atrocious desktop keyboards in local classrooms. One had power management buttons right above the arrow keys and they had regular keycaps to boot. After losing my work for the third time after trying to delete something I just popped them all out.