I Hate (Most) Keyboard 'Fn' Keys

Cant remember using a function key.. but i believe there are programs that do.

More curious.. are there people that use the caps lock key? Its great real-estate…

buy a keyboard that support qmk or zmk firmware and remap it further than you might ever want.

“I don't like the keyboard I bought.”

I definitely hate the G-keys on a Logitech G915 more though.

It's a perfectly good full size mechanical keyboard with low travel...and a row of keys on the left hand side which obliterates the typing ergonomics of it.

Meanwhile they stopped making the K740 which is basically the perfect keyboard (which I am now typing on after buying a replacement key - the Cherry Stream is good but man....this still just feels better overall - the key layout is just subtly right).

Meanwhile whoever at Lenovo thought to the put the function modifier key on the left outermost side, rather then Ctrl, has commited a serious crime against ergonomics.

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The F1-F12 keys have always felt like one of those things where… it’s like, people who enjoy oldschool interfaces seem very attached to. And I love the terminal, so I feel like I ought to have strong opinions in their favor.

But the only time I need to use them is… what is it, ctrl-alt-F3 to switch to a console if my window manager has fallen apart. This is a very rare event, so I can’t find any strong feeling here.

What do people use these keys for? The volume/brightness keys seem much more useful. Maybe I’ll map the corresponding F-keys to brightness as well, so I can just never care about Fn.

> I Hate (Most) Keyboard 'Fn' Keys (danq.me)

> 11 points by speckx 13 minutes ago | flag | hide | 1 comment

this is currently #1 on HN gaining 11 points in 13 mins. never seen this before.