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Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards

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Re: Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards

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post #4

guess I miss a lot of news of Copilot...when is it becoming a personal assistant? what happens when I click Copilot button but I don't have money in Microsoft account?

Another copy of Candy Crush gets automatically installed.

And they said the antichrist isn't real.

Re: Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards

#33

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?

I would imagine it is just another key completing a circuit, no additional magic so it should be as remappable as any other key.

Re: Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards

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Honestly, my initial reaction to this was my typical jaded, cynical, anti-MS self, but after consideration - and the key fact that they're replacing a key, not adding one necessitating a new layout - I'm honestly okay with this. does anyone use the menu key (the key that allegedly this will replace)? It's certainly one of the first to go in enthusiast keyboards using non standard 100% layouts, As long as it's not som…

My initial reaction was similar. I use the menu key, but rarely. I will certainly never use a copilot key.

Re: Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards

#36
post #9

What 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...

Also they added a Cortana key a few years ago.

It must be in the press release because other media sites are reporting the same thing. Also Microsoft did not invent the Super/Meta key aka Windows key.

Re: Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards

#37

Honestly, my initial reaction to this was my typical jaded, cynical, anti-MS self, but after consideration - and the key fact that they're replacing a key, not adding one necessitating a new layout - I'm honestly okay with this. does anyone use the menu key (the key that allegedly this will replace)? It's certainly one of the first to go in enthusiast keyboards using non standard 100% layouts, As long as it's not som…

Mouse side button. Caps lock if I'm using a mouse that doesn't have one - but like, it depends on the context you're using PTT in. I only use it while gaming, really.

Re: Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards

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post #9

What 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...

How is that they thought adding a keyboard shortcut to open LinkedIn would be good use for a new key?
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