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Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I really hope it's the "Any" key. I have upwards of 40 ys of modal forms from which there is no escape because they demand I press any key to continue...

[–] captain_aggravated 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Whenever something tells me to press any key to continue, I take it as a challenge. "Okay, Imma press Scroll Lock."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I forget what game it was, but one of them had a "press any key" and actually reacted to Scroll Lock. Something like "I bet you didn't expect that to work."

[–] captain_aggravated 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Subnautica starts with a "Press any key to continue." and they seem to be serious. It reacts to numlock and scroll lock.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if the Fn key would work.

[–] captain_aggravated 5 points 7 months ago

It wouldn't on my keyboard, because I don't think that key sends any data to the PC; it's talking to the keyboard's microcontroller.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Probably not.... but it's possible... I wonder if my GameCube Sharkboard with Fn1 Fn2 and Fn3 (shutdown the computer) would work...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

I gave my wife a keyboard with an any key on it (custom design I made from wasd) and it doesn’t work for anything that says “press any key”. Quite annoying honestly.