What happens when you plug this keyboard into a Linux box? Is it just another Meta/Super key, except one that doesn't support combinations? Is it using one of the reserved USB HID keyboard scan codes? Or is it a separate device driver just for that one key?
Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards
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#13The placement of the key will vary, but in some cases, it will replace the right CTRL key or Menu key, a Microsoft spokesperson told BI [1]
[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-ai-button-pc-keybo...
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#14Seems a little premature and locked to a specific use case that isn't yet really established.
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#15What about the MS Office key and Emoji key? Those were definitely added after 1994. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/using-the-office-k...
Random keys are added to keyboards all the time. In this case Microsoft is requiring it from all their PC vendors.
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#16I remember when I was working on Facebook games, every product manager wanted their new feature to have one-click access from the main game screen. So each new feature created a new wart on the UI.
This is that, but for hardware.
Let's call it a Thirsty Feature
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#17What about the MS Office key and Emoji key? Those were definitely added after 1994. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/using-the-office-k...
Shame on Ars for this. Would have thought they would be better. ESPECIALLY since the "since 1994" is not important for the headline at all, but they just wanted to pull something out of their ass to embellish the headline, but actually ended up making it wrong by doing so.
I miss terse but descriptive headlines. Everything now has to be 11/10 wild or clickbait that doesn't actually give a full piece of information.
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#18I get so tilted at the idea of a specific OS vendor having a dedicated keyboard button on all non-apple computers.
And now they are doing it again, wild.
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#19What happens when you plug this keyboard into a Linux box? Is it just another Meta/Super key, except one that doesn't support combinations? Is it using one of the reserved USB HID keyboard scan codes? Or is it a separate device driver just for that one key?
The "Office Key" which I have never seen just did CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+WIN together.
It would be nice if this key somehow was actually usable.
Re: Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards
#20What about the MS Office key and Emoji key? Those were definitely added after 1994. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/using-the-office-k...
Shame on Ars for this. Would have thought they would be better. ESPECIALLY since the "since 1994" is not important for the headline at all, but they just wanted to pull something out of their ass to embellish the headline, but actually ended up making it wrong by doing so. I miss terse but descriptive headlines. Everything now has to be 11/10 wild or clickbait that doesn't actually give a full piece of information.
I believe the key (maahahaha) is the requirement.
Microsoft famously required the Windows key for branded OEM computers/laptops, and now they're trying to require a Copilot key. We'll see if it flies.