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Re:Cherry’s new switches may help bring mechanical keyboards... by mrspeaker on Sunday January 14, 2018 @03:51PM (#16146346)
I have a thinkpad I've been using for a while, and the keyboard is nice - but the PgUp and PgDn keys around the arrow keys drive me nuts - I'm constantly paging around by accident!
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Re:Cherry’s new switches may help bring mechanical keyboards... by walrus on Sunday January 14, 2018 @06:13PM (#16147113)
I had the same issue. I disabled them in xmodmap for several years, then eventually decided I was never going to use them and cut out the rubber dome. Here's what it looks like: https://i.imgur.com/Bm6KtIN.jpg
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Re:Cherry’s new switches may help bring mechanical keyboards... by crtasm on Monday January 15, 2018 @01:23AM (#16148889)
I've ended up really liking them there for the easy ctrl+pgup to flick between browser/terminal/etc. tabs. I don't tend to hit them by accident though, can see how that would get frustrating.
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