Re:Apple announces iOS 10
by dragonwriter on Monday June 13, 2016 @07:09PM
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The problem isn't the number of modifiers, the problem is that Apple uses symbols for them in the UI that over time it has progressively removed from keyboards, and which have no obvious connection to the names on the keyboards (except for Ctrl sometimes getting the same ^ treatment on other platforms, this just isn't the case outside of Apple.)
Re:Apple announces iOS 10
by linkregister on Monday June 13, 2016 @05:04PM
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The vast majority of Windows desktop keyboards do not have a fn key.
But all laptops do.
I'm on a Chromebook Pixel 2, and it doesn't have this key. So, no.
What I really meant was Windows laptops as the parent was expressly mentioning Windows desktops. I did not know about the Chromebook though. I am curious though does it have F keys which are usually the ones that are used with the Fn key on Windows?
Re:Apple announces iOS 10
by TazeTSchnitzel on Monday June 13, 2016 @05:48PM
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Older Apple keyboards didn't have them either. I'm using one right now.
There's Control, Option/Alt, Command, and Shift. Four modifier keys. This is the same set you have on other OSes, except there, Command is called Windows Key or Super.
Yes, Apple has symbols as abbreviations for Control, Command, Option, and Shift. Yes, Option is also called Alt. But it's not really all that complicated.