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HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day agoThat’s the former right click button location. They took it away to implement a AI button. So it’s AI that’s done it, not literally but figuratively.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
They (Microsoft) did actually also originally implement it, the application key was added to Microsoft keyboards in 1994 along with the Windows key. It’s a key meant to give compatibility to the Windows user interface when your PC had a mouse with only one button.
cheesybuddha@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I use the the ‘right click button’ literally every single day. It’s super useful for not having to move between the mouse and keyboard for tasks.
Also, this is on Linux, and I think it’s fair to say that the key has evolved to become a fairly standard part of keyboards and operating systems. Just because MS were the first ones to use it doesn’t give them some kind of say control over the idea, at least beyond the scope of their own hardware, and I don’t think anyone is arguing that they don’t have the right to change their own hardware. It’s just a bad decision.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
The ‘application key’ is useful for remapping as a modifier, regardless of the OS. It’s recognized as a distinct key in both MacOS and Linux, just like the ‘windows’ key.