| ▲ | VagabundoP 12 hours ago | |
I started computing in the early 80s and have always wondered why there wasn't a standard keyboard button with Cut,Copy,Paste. Thing of all the (wo)man-hours in computing lost due to the slight difference in people finding the modifier key+key (including the slight increase in error rates) and the just having a dedicated Cut/Copy/Paste keys. | ||
| ▲ | int_19h 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I remember some keyboards in 90s to early 00s - back when tall keycaps were the norm - having secondary labels written on the side of the key facing the user, usually indicating the standard Windows shortcut for that key. The exact set would vary, but pretty much all of them labelled X/C/V as Cut/Copy/Paste. Here's a good example: https://www.reddit.com/r/keyboards/comments/w72hiw/ive_been_... It was certainly convenient for people learning the ropes. Too bad it died out when chiclet keyboards became the norm. | ||
| ▲ | skissane 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Sun workstations had Cut/Copy/Paste buttons on their keyboards. Probably some other workstation vendors did too. It just never made it to the PC or Mac worlds | ||