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Everything is coming together for a new Macbook Air. I'm expecting a super thin Macbook Air with a radical new design. They are removing the Fn keys from keyboa
by msoad 12y ago
Everything is coming together for a new Macbook Air. I'm expecting a super thin Macbook Air with a radical new design. They are removing the Fn keys from keyboard to make it simpler. This is what I heard from someone inside.
- masklinn 12y ago> They are removing the Fn keys Well that's going to be fun.
- lanna 12y agoMaybe pressing fn+1 would produce a F1?
- orbitur 12y agoThey would be removing the Fn key, which would mean the F-keys would go as well. So just brightness, volume, etc., along the top. You could probably still switch to the old F-keys in Keyboard Settings though.
- nsxwolf 12y agoSo then, there will be software you can't run without attaching an external keyboard?
- masklinn 12y agoYeah. Well technically you'll be able to run it, and probably use it via menus and buttons, but some keyboard shortcuts won't be accessible. Mostly cross-platform stuff I'd expect, can't think of any OSX software using function keys, but some of Firefox's developer tools are bound on F-keys for instance.
- masklinn 12y agoI expect the removal of the Fn key itself, and the function-toggling, but for the top row to remain (in a smaller format than the current one). That would be in keeping with Apple's moving of "function keys" to the background and hard-coded toggles (volume, media controls, …) to the foreground.
- nether 12y agoThat's the point. They're taking away the fun keys.
- forgotpasswd3x 12y agoWow that's so radical! /s