Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.
I just got done learning how to turn off Copilot in group security policy, yay! Get away from me, even if you worked according to the spec in the marketing hype. I am the admin. I drive you out! :::holds up holy water and a crucifix:::
No.
Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Yusuf Medhi called 2024 “the year of the AI PC” in today’s announcement.
What? No! It’s not the “year of the AI PC,” it’s the year of the Linux desktop, like every year before and after! You can’t just steal our year(s) from us!
M$ can get absolutely fucked
The Clippy Key.
“It looks like you’re trying to make 3d SpongeBob bukkake porn. Can I help?”
The fuck is a copilot key and why do I need it on my keyboard, hmm let’s see…
I swear I blinked and suddenly AI was so ubiquitous that I feel like I’m living, studying and writing incorrectly…
Now I know how the boomers felt when the internet went from dialup to pocketable
Boomers?
I’m a millennial and I remember that, I’m sure many Zoomers would as well.
We’re in the early hype phase of a new innovation fad. It’ll die down and then we’ll find out what it’s ACTUALLY useful for.
I have a conspiracy theory that the only reason major browsers have switched to AI is to tactically deny you what you’re really looking for; and keep you on their service, longer.
Another useless key? Use Scroll lock or SysRq for that. Or even better, reuse that stupid “menu” key. They’ll cram one more key to the left of the spacebar and make ctrl, alt, and windows keys smaller. Or change their order.
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Yeah, just put it where the caps-lock key is. It’s the best position for “frequent” use.
/s obviously
I love having a keyboard where every key is programmable.
So a… keyboard?
All keyboard layouts can be customized in software but some keyboard hardware like QMK can be programmed in hardware, which makes it especially convenient for switching computers.
Where do you use it? Do you have to use different computers at work or do you just carry your keyboard with you all the time in case you have to use some friend’s computer?
Keyboards like Keychron are able to store BT connection info for multiple computers. So, you can easily switch between, say, your desktop, your server, and your laptop, as needed. Or bring it to work, or whatever. The point is that being able to use the same high quality keyboard with every device is nice if you do a lot of typing.
This sounds like a really rare use scenario.
Maybe. Or maybe it is one of those things that you think you don’t need until you start using one, and then you can’t believe you waited so long. :)
Portable wirless mechanical keyboards are niche, but not uncommon. I bought a Keychron for my daughter and she loves it, though admittedly I’m not sure how often she uses the ability to move it between computers.
You can also connect it to your phone, so you can use it for portable long form writing or programming with just your phone or tablet and keyboard if you don’t have a laptop. I’m sure it is better than using the Surface keyboard, for example. Many laptop keyboards also suck, especially if they use an ISO standard keyboard when you already have muscle memory for the ANSI layout.
I had a quick look and yeah, $100 for a good, wireless keyboard is not that much. It definitely happened to me once or twice that I had to type directly on my Raspberry Pi fresh after installation when I didn’t have my key mappings set up there. Other than that I just switch single USB cable between two computers on the same desk and that’s it. If I ever have to work on a Mac again I will take another look tough. Do they have Linux software?
Work PC and personal PC on the same desk, with a KVM switch to seamlessly switch between them.
Lots of people use VMs, too.
You just never have to reconfigure it if you reinstall, or move to another computer, or dual-boot etc.
A Wooting keyboard
Remove caps lock first I think
WHO NEEDS CAPSLOCK WHEN YOU GOT THE SHIFT KEY
I will never use the shift key, caps lock toggling superior.
Oh god, I had a guy on work practise a couple of weeks. He was about 15, and pressed capslock, another key, and then capslock again for capital letters.
I suddenly stormed into the room screaming, with a knife. I plucked out the capslock key, and ran out of the room, still screaming. Then I popped my head back in through the door in a much calmer fashion and told him he would get the key back after his practise time at our company.
pressed capslock, another key, and then capslock again for capital letters
This is actually how my wife does it. Its driving me nuts.
I have caps lock remapped to compose (I use US-Dvorak, but sometimes need scandinavian letters).
When asked about not needing an actual caps lock, my go-to answers are that “I don’t write SQL code often enough” or"Caps lock is only needed for the youtube comment section about videos you don’t like"
In all seriousness, I don’t see why wr need a caps lock key anymore. I just have it remapped as it’s conveniently placed and never used.
I remapped caps lock to backspace so it’s easy to reach. Much better use of that real estate.
Mine are set to Ctrl …jus saying
I’m guessing you’re not a gamer.
Oh, for toggling running to always on?
Just replace the caps lock key.
No! I use the “Caps” key a hundred times a day! I have it mapped to output “Esc” though…
I had it mapped to enter at one point for faster copy pasting of code. Ctrl+c, ctrl+v, pinky capslock enter, ctrl+c etc.
Mine’s set to the Application/Menu key on tap, and as a Fn modifier when held, so the WASD keys act as the arrows, Q and E as PageUp/Down, and R and F as Home and End. It’s gotten so convenient I do that subconciously on keyboards that don’t do that, and I end up with SSSSSSSSS or EEEEEEEEEEE.
I have ended too many mails with :wq
Capslock is kinda useful for if you’re disabled. I also found it’s great on devices that are meant for one handed use too like phones.
That’s fair. You could still have that same functionality through something like double tapping the shift key (like it currently works on iPhones) but I guess that might also be hard for some people on a physical keyboard?
That would introduce a point of annoyance IMO. Just remember that in older versions tapping it 5 times would trigger sticky keys. You’d constantly accidently trigger capslock when typing fast.
LEAVE MY CAPS LOCK KEY ALONE! /s
Rule 39
You mean “properly positioned CTRL”.
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Google did this for ChromeOS and I think it’s great. You get the old function with Alt+Search.
Google tried that once, it didn’t go over very well.
That is actually my favorite part of Chromebook keyboards (also, I like lowercase)
I know they did, and I’ve only heard praise for it.
I’ve even remapped my caps lock on my Mac to be another modifier key. I can still tap it to toggle caps lock, but I don’t think I’ve ever used it for that.
@aeronmelon I hear it consistently praised as one of the best things in Chromebooks.
I briefly used a chromebook with linux on at the start of last year as a sorta dumb terminal to my desktop until I could get something a bit better. The keyboard was one of the pros, despite all the flex.
On my main laptop I now bind caps lock to super and, since it has an ansi keyboard and I live in the UK, I bind the windows key to compose. It has changed my typing significantly for the better.
Is it supposed to look like a curled up bandaid?
please don’t. if you knew how many times the windows key is pressed by accident…
