[rhn_mk1]

> start acting on your complaints!

I just did: I raised an objection to a bad idea for anyone who might be misled by it. Also I won't buy a computer with this flaw.

> So first, did you try it? If not, why?

I did not, because I did not know how. I also don't want to know how to alter my computer to achieve a basic minimum of functionality, because a minimum is what is assumed. Either the OS or the hardware should have sane defaults.

> Different people want different things.

I suggest you remap your keys (when you use Linux) to fit your special need then ;)

[csdvrx]

>> So first, did you try it? If not, why?

>I did not, because I did not know how.

Now you do

> I suggest you remap your keys (when you use Linux) to fit your special need then ;)

When there is no physical key, like to the left and right of the up arrow where pagedown and pageup would be, I can't invent them out of thin air.

[rhn_mk1]

There's typically the "emulate a right click" button or a Windows button in between AltGr and Ctrl. Those don't have the faults of a SysRq, so they seem like good candidates for a new hypothetical keyboard.