• Andy3153@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 hour ago

    I don’t know what I do to keyboards when I use them for a really long time, but I have the exact same laptop frame and keyboard and most modifier keys are unrecognizable and half of the WASD keys are rarely used keys because I fucked up the keycaps while cleaning and I got other keys off the keyboard in place of them. So anyways, my Windows key is abused beyond recognition and you can’t tell it was a Windows key.

    • ColdWater@lemmy.caOP
      1·
      4 minutes ago

      Holy smoke, that’s one well used laptop, I hope my laptop can last as long as yours

  • MrSulu@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    4 hours ago

    Let’s pray for the day that future generations will know that to be the Super key, but like the floppy disk icon for ‘Save’ they won’t know why it is what it is.

  • kyub@discuss.tchncs.de
    3·
    7 hours ago

    Tips for coping:

    • Call it the Super key (actually the correct label I think)
    • Bind window management related hotkeys to it
    • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
      3·
      4 hours ago

      So we have a new name for the copilot key now?

      Since we already have super, maybe it can be the duper key?

  • Safeguard@beehaw.org
    17·
    15 hours ago

    And soon, new laptops will have a second forced stupid Microsoft key. The copilot key.

    Not even joking.

  • Albbi@lemmy.ca
    29·
    20 hours ago

    I used to have this really awesome early 2000’s transparent blue plastic keyboard with all the newest media keys. The only problem was that it had 4 windows keys on it! One on either side of the spacebar. The right side of the spacebar was Alt, Windows, Context menu, CTRL. That was a bit weird but it was alright. The next placements were crazy though. Someone figured there was space for more keys right below the Delete, End and Page Down keys but I guess they couldn’t really figure out what would be best for there so they put a 3rd Windows key, a 2nd Context Menu and then a 4th Windows key right there. This was pretty close to the arrow keys and if anyone remembers gaming in the early 2000’s, pressing the windows key accidentlly would often just crash your game completely. If you could get back into it, it could take quite a while for it to respond again. So if you were playing something like Warcraft 2 multiplayer, that button was a fucking nightmare.

    Ugh, I loved the colour of that keyboard so much I put up with all those windows keys.

    edit: I can’t believe I found it! I’ve tried searching for this keyboard a few times, but finally found proof on this site!

    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
      3·
      8 hours ago

      Wow, Win98 logo and media buttons? Truely between eras.

      I actually like the context key above the arrow keys, another method of effectively right-click is nice. Those Win keys are crazy though, that’s the perfect place for extra function keys. Imagine having f13 & f14 that you can bind to anything without worry!

  • FreeBooteR69@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    15 hours ago

    I hate that shit so much. I don’t buy keyboards with the Windows key logo on it anymore.

  • Nyxie@lemmy.world
    4·
    16 hours ago

    same…. and that stupid “copilot” button thing… (this is so useless)

    i’m gonna turn it to a hotkey or something lol.