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True, those double width keys will really screw with your muscle memory even more than the regular half-height ones, especially when you're frequently switching
by GekkePrutser 4y ago
True, those double width keys will really screw with your muscle memory even more than the regular half-height ones, especially when you're frequently switching to an external keyboard.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoThey even have enough room for a normal inverted-T if they would just stop copying Apple and make the right shift key narrower. That would also open up a gap between the left arrow and Ctrl for easier blind navigation. This is too much superfluous style with gimped functionality.
- occoder 4y agoAgree. The Right Shift key looks extra wide on this particular laptop, so that design would've left a decent width for the Right Shift key. Then again, instead of all the extra wide keys and one extra column of keys to the right of the Enter key, why not two extra columns? Then we can: 1. avoid eating into the space of the Right Shift key 2. have Home/End/PageUp/PageDown in the same layout as in a full size keyboard 3. have Insert in there as oppose to being up on the function key row 4. have the power button in the top right corner instead of the awkward position it is in here, somewhere in the middle Like I said, nobody gives keyboards one ounce of thought ever. I don't think it's about copying Apple as much as an industry-wide neglect of keyboard design. Most people don't give the keyboard a lot of weight when making buying decisions, and consequently manufacturers give keyboard designs very little thought.