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Title: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: bobby_g on Fri, 25 April 2014, 18:58:40: Hi There,

I'm new here!

I'm wondering if, hypothetically, you could add one new key to your keyboard—anything—what would the label be, and what would its function be?

Thanks.
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Post by: Firebolt1914 on Fri, 25 April 2014, 19:07:56: Bingecap that instapings Binge on the IRC
Title: Re: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: katushkin on Fri, 25 April 2014, 19:16:49: I would like a stop key that pushes someone away from their computer when they are being a ****ing idiot.

Would be useful on Facebook, Reddit and while playing Dota.
Title: Re: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: Hak Foo on Fri, 25 April 2014, 19:42:22: Transpose current glyph and next one; as someone who types in a fashion that producews a lot of transpositions, this would be efficient.
Title: Re: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: FoxWolf1 on Fri, 25 April 2014, 19:47:03: "Next."

Types whatever the next letter should be.
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Post by: jabar on Fri, 25 April 2014, 19:55:46: dedicated μ key
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Post by: swill on Fri, 25 April 2014, 19:56:06: Any Brobot v2
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Post by: esko997 on Fri, 25 April 2014, 19:57:39: Quote from: swill on Fri, 25 April 2014, 19:56:06
Any Brobot v2

Me too.
Title: Re: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: demik on Fri, 25 April 2014, 20:04:11: "make fun of mx peasant" key
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Post by: Frenir on Fri, 25 April 2014, 20:06:13: an overall system search button like the windows 8 Windows Key + S (or F, for files).
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Post by: Vibex on Fri, 25 April 2014, 20:06:19: "ridicule topre elitist" key ;)
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Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 25 April 2014, 20:12:24: obviously a 'spam' key :D
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Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 25 April 2014, 20:33:49: "New Key" meaning something above and beyond, I would like to have left and right mouse buttons on my keyboard.

Another dream key would be a "Hyper-Escape" for whenever I was hung that meant "just stop whatever the **** you are doing and return me to the desktop"

As for keycaps, a really cool green "Refresh" and a hot red or orange "Delete" would be fun.
Title: Re: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: dorkvader on Fri, 25 April 2014, 20:42:21: It'd be the "sweet million" key in this picture.

The function would be to end my ridiculous student debt.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/12940433654_3ea3d3d149_o.jpg)
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Post by: Lorem-Ipsum on Fri, 25 April 2014, 20:51:08: When it comes to something grounded in reality I'm undecided.

Wishfully thinking I would love a facepalm key that would dispense my wrath in the form of a punch to the face over standard TCP/IP.
Title: Re: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: Pacifist on Fri, 25 April 2014, 20:52:50: Quote from: dorkvader on Fri, 25 April 2014, 20:42:21
It'd be the "sweet million" key in this picture.

The function would be to end my ridiculous student debt.
Show Image
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/12940433654_3ea3d3d149_o.jpg)

Maybe if we all stopped buying crap bags we would be out of debt :))
Title: Re: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: kohi on Sat, 26 April 2014, 00:48:10: 'pizza' key cause pizza.
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Post by: keymaster on Sat, 26 April 2014, 00:57:23: I don't care too much for novelty keycaps, but this one would be a perfect match for my upcoming sprit keyboard build.

(http://i.imgur.com/hJ4s2kC.jpg)
Title: Re: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: CommunistWitchDr on Sat, 26 April 2014, 01:03:45: A "Who Are You" key to remind me who I am when I have an existential crisis.

Luckily one of my keyboards has this key.

(http://i.imgur.com/5xIqJqP.jpg)

EDIT: I'm also going to take this opportunity to tell you all about a real key you didn't even know you desperately want. The compose key. You can just hold the key (You set what it is, I have mine on right alt) and type characters which it then blends together, for example RALT+ss makes ß, RALT+CCCP makes ☭. You can also make custom entries yourself.
Title: Re: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: jacobolus on Sat, 26 April 2014, 04:25:21: Quote from: Hak Foo on Fri, 25 April 2014, 19:42:22
Transpose current glyph and next one; as someone who types in a fashion that produces a lot of transpositions, this would be efficient.
In Mac OS X, almost all text boxes support using Ctrl-T to transpose characters. It’s also pretty straightforward to change this or other keybindings if you want.

See http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/site/system-bindings.html
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Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 26 April 2014, 12:30:06: I would want a F U - key for when I watch an ad on Youtube that I don't like, it would go away and I would never have to see it again.
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Post by: johndavis33 on Sat, 26 April 2014, 12:41:42: I'd like a button for solving catchpas.

I'd like all of the extra weird buttons on the space cadet keyboard. Not sure what I'd make them do, however. Actually, lots of old hall effect boards have cool keys with weird stuff on them that'd I'd like to have.

Oh! I know! I'd want a button that would heat my keyboard! I hate typing with cold fingers.
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Post by: TheRavenDog on Sat, 26 April 2014, 14:11:10: I have remapped "Insert" to "Close". The close key closes the currently focused window. On Windows it just send a Ctrl-F4. It is surprisingly handy and addictive.
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Post by: osi on Sat, 26 April 2014, 14:52:12: A 'dispense beer' key would be nice
Title: Re: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: daerid on Sat, 26 April 2014, 15:27:37: Terminal key. No matter what program you're in, it would drop down a command prompt/terminal ala Quake
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Post by: welsinki on Sat, 26 April 2014, 17:03:45: Black DSA Ubuntu key
Title: Re: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: CommunistWitchDr on Sun, 27 April 2014, 03:15:08: Quote from: daerid on Sat, 26 April 2014, 15:27:37
Terminal key. No matter what program you're in, it would drop down a command prompt/terminal ala Quake
I actually have this as meta+~. It's pretty nice to have sometimes. I personally use a program called "Yakuake", but there are other programs too. Or if you use something like awesome/xmonad/other crazy configurable wms (I usually do, but have been using kde recently to try it out again) you can set it up with any terminal emulator inside your wm.
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Post by: dustinhxc on Sun, 27 April 2014, 04:05:42: A key to instantly type the code I need for designing that line...

But in artisan, bro bot v1 candy corn... :*( I wish!
Title: Re: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: Grimey on Sun, 27 April 2014, 09:37:52: As a programmer it would be nice to have a key that would insert comment blocks / characters correctly for the giving programming language in question regardless of the text editor and OS. This is course is a pipe dream, but it would still be something nice.
Title: Re: If you could have one new key on your keyboard, what would it be?
Post by: Frenir on Sun, 27 April 2014, 10:00:39: Quote from: Grimey on Sun, 27 April 2014, 09:37:52
As a programmer it would be nice to have a key that would insert comment blocks / characters correctly for the giving programming language in question regardless of the text editor and OS. This is course is a pipe dream, but it would still be something nice.
+1
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Post by: epzy on Sun, 27 April 2014, 10:01:42: I would want a unmute demik button! :p