Keyboard innovation is making them worse

Re:Keyboard innovation is making them worse by drdaeman on Saturday January 18, 2014 @03:00AM (#7080497)

> home/end keys

Actually, they're nearly useless if you use software/OS capable of Emacs-style keyboard navigation and develop a habit of using C-a/C-e shortcuts. (Especially with CapsLock rebound as Control.)

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Re:Keyboard innovation is making them worse by acabal on Saturday January 18, 2014 @03:40AM (#7080554)

I like them specifically for reading web pages. When reading I can just rest my hand on the right side of the keyboard and browse with home/pgup/pgdown/end. Usually when I'm reading like this I'm not typing and so not in the mood for ctrl gymnastics.

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Re:Keyboard innovation is making them worse by darkgray on Saturday January 18, 2014 @11:54AM (#7081366)

While it doesn't remove the gymnastics requirement, a relatively nice alternative to webpage pgup/pgdn is shift-space/space.

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Re:Keyboard innovation is making them worse by ricardobeat on Saturday January 18, 2014 @04:51PM (#7082384)

Pressing the spacebar in a browser has the same effect as the PageDown key.

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Re:Keyboard innovation is making them worse by 4ad on Saturday January 18, 2014 @07:37AM (#7080863)

It's not emacs style, it comes at least from TENEX.

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