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It's cool if you don't like the new keyboard layout. As programmers, we need to use special keys and caps lock a lot. But to say Lenovo is doing it wrong is cle
by tobyjsullivan 13y ago
It's cool if you don't like the new keyboard layout. As programmers, we need to use special keys and caps lock a lot. But to say Lenovo is doing it wrong is clearly missing the simple fact that they might not be building these things for programmers.
They're building for the other 99.9% of the population that doesn't need caps lock, insert, bars and back-ticks ever. People who don't use function keys regularly and who, quite frankly, find "standard" keyboards incredibly awkward.
Couple this with the fact that laptops have always lacked the real-estate for a full keyboard and I have to disagree with the author. This is certainly a positive evolution, just maybe not for programmers.
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- eddiedunn 13y agoActually, I can see it work for programmers as well; tilde is easily pressed with the right thumb instead of left ring finger, esc is more easily reached for us vim users, and I know I sure don't use caps lock, ever. The soft function keys might be a problem for some, but I, at least, don't use them very often.