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Originally Posted by Quoth
Excessively large Right Shift instead of another character key.
Diminishing space bar due to MS Ego: two window keys, menu key and now they want a co-pilot key. MS should have just reused Scroll Lock and Pause/Break keys and made it an option. Not used those for 30 years?
The Insert Key could optionally be the (stupid) Co-pilot key. Hardly used it in 30 years.
Personally I reprogram Caps Lock as Compose and if I really want Caps Lock, I press both Shift.
The USA Keyboards that have one character key less, or even no AltGr.
Keyboards sold claiming to be UK, but have a key missing (really US keyboards with UK legends on the keycaps).
Keyboards with no lights (Scroll, Num, Caps)
IBM for basing the PC keyboard (1980-1981) on a 1928 teleprinter layout derived from the 19th C. typewriters that invented " and ' instead of “ ” and ‘ ’ because the number of keys was limited (The typewriters also often doubled up on 0 O and I 1). Mechanical typewriters do need a Shift Lock, which does CapsLock and punctuation instead of numbers. The Carriage is too heavy!
Text entry should not accept Tab. It and Shift Tab should be navigation (maybe per word on text), not a tab character. Only mechanical typewriters should have tabs (you set the tab stops for start of each column or margin.
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Useless ALT GR key on a UK keyboard instead of it being another ALT key.