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by arp242 685 days ago
There seems to be this obsession to make keyboards perfectly rectangular; never quite understood this.

That said, although I agree it's not ideal, I've generally had little difficulty adjusting to these types of weird arrow key shapes, or things like odd locations for home, end, etc.

What always bothers me is the lack of gaps on the function keys. F8 and F9 turn the brightness up and down. How are you supposed to use those on touch? You can't really, not without those gaps to guide you. Sounds like a little thing, but it's always been a pain on every laptop I've had that didn't have those gaps. This, and the physical trackpad buttons, are a big part of why I generally use ThinkPads whenever I have the chance.