Comment on Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994

• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can’t you go in your system settings and bind whatever combination you like to do just that?

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  • ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t you see? They’re fucking with the denominator. My 60% is already technically closer to 58%. If they keep adding keys, I don’t know how my mech can keep up with the shrinkflation. I can’t become one of those 50% weirdos. Microsoft is just finding more ways to ruin my life.

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  • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah and I already do. But why make it a key combo when you could just have a single dedicated key instead?

    It’s not like anyone actually uses the menu key or the right Start key anyway. 'Bout damn time Microsoft remaps them to something more useful. Next they should do the Pause/Break key. That one hasn’t been useful since the DOS days.

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    • ganoo@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We should also get a chrome key And a windows store key And a Microsoft.com link key A key to open minecraft Why not a key for launching the “windows action menu” or whatever they call it A key to open the control panel How about a key to open the settings menu?

      Why are we limiting ourselves? We should have 500 keys and at least 300 of them should be unique to windows.

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      • magnus@lemmy.ahall.se ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Try a stream deck, each key is also a small monitor for customizable button actions.

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      • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Because none of those keys are useful. AI is useful and isn’t Microsoft exclusive.

        Once keyboards start adding the key, I’d be legitimately surprised if the major Distros didn’t eventually follow suit and integrate AI into their platforms as well. Hell, it might get built right into your favorite desktop environment in a couple years.

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      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You think you are joking but I’m the 90’s that was a thing for keyboards.

        www.ebay.com/itm/363221421164?chn=ps&norover=…

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    • HerzogVonWiesel@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Im pretty sure you could look up key remappers and do that already

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      • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes but you’re missing my point entirely. What I’m saying is that I’m happy that Microsoft is making it official, so that I don’t have to remap anything.

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    • kurcatovium@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hey! I do use menu key regularly! And so pause and scroll lock! Print creen is obvious and everyone uses it. Right? Right!? RIGHT?!?

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      • psud@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Print screen used to be a good button for screen capture/window capture. But now the various screenshot apps do the job better. Ctrl+Prt Scr is maybe still good for being fast

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    • lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Pause is usually the compose key (diacritics starter) on Linux desktops. But I’ll agree about Scroll Lock, that one is truly useless.

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      • psud@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Excel uses scroll lock to make people think it’s broken lock the scroll bars in case you don’t want to be able to see the rest of your sheet

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s already mapped to Windows Button + C.

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• dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can do Windows Button + C to open CoPilot.

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