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While we're talking about keyboards, why won't they put dedicated page up/down keys ? There are 2 empty spots right above the left/right keys that would be idea
by ajnin 2y ago
While we're talking about keyboards, why won't they put dedicated page up/down keys ? There are 2 empty spots right above the left/right keys that would be ideal for this and are basically just wasted, being left empty, as one can see on the photos. It's one of the reasons that makes me cling on my old Thinkpad for so long, I use them all the time.
- notpushkin 2y agoMy T420's keyboard has some next/previous page keys there. I have zero idea what to use those for. The previous page key makes a nice additional modifier key though (e.g. for Compose) as it's next to the Ctrl key.
- masklinn 2y ago> There are 2 empty spots right above the left/right keys that would be ideal for this and are basically just wasted, being left empty, as one can see on the photos. In my opinion and experience it’s utter shite: the precision of fingers on half keys is not great, so it’s way too easy to hit the page keys when just trying to move two characters sideways, and now you need a few seconds to realise what the fuck just happened. It’s exactly what my current work laptop has, and if I had to use its internal keyboard for any length of time the laptop would long have gone out the window. If I’m paging, it’s easy enough and a lot more intentional to press the FN up/down key. I could see the argument for TKL laptops but this is garbage and I hate it.
- s2l 2y agoInspired from physical newspaper reading, how about page right/left keys too? Think of infinite canvas apps, games, web carousel, etc.