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From: bhall@pbs.org (Dark Star)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Standard vs. Extended Keyboard
Message-ID: <9990.26dbe14b@pbs.org>
Date: 29 Aug 90 19:37:47 GMT
References: <3005@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>
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In article <3005@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>, bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes:
> What does one miss by getting a standard rather than extended
> keyboard.  Are the function keys really of much use?  What programs use
> them?

For me they are most useful in terminal emulation programs.  That's about the
only time that I use the control key also.  I agree that the control is then
a little too far away to be convenient so I used MicroPhone II's preferences
to use the option key as the control key.

I think that the arrow keys are in a better place in the extended keyboard.

People that use QuickKeys or some other macro program can usually define
the function keys to do all sorts of things (HyperCard can do this too).

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