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1680 points etbusch | 4 comments | | HN request time: 0.774s | source
1. pmlnr ◴[] No.31440308[source]
Please, please, please make s keyboard option that has full size arrow keys, dedicated pgup, pgdown, del, ins, home, end. The current laptop keyboards, apart from thinkpads, are a joke for those who want to work on them, the framework, sadly, is included.

I'd also love a trackpoint with 3 dedicated buttons but I'll keep dreaming.

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2. kristianp ◴[] No.31442571[source]
I agree about the separate Home, End PgUp, PgDn keys. Still mad at Apple for influencing the removal of these from all laptop keyboards! It's one big reason that I have a Thinkpad, even though their keys aren't as good as a Surface's or Mac's.
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3. hda2 ◴[] No.31443150[source]
Same situation here. When I bought my last laptop, a thinkpad, the main deciding factor was keyboard keys.

In their reckless pursuit of apple and their loaded customers, Laptop makers failed to appreciate how important key layout is to retaining their existing customers. Fortunately, framework (or any third-party) is in a position to offer keyboards with alternate key layouts :)

4. archon810 ◴[] No.31475549[source]
100% this and given the target demographic, I can't believe I had to scroll so much until I found the keyboard called out.