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Big Fat Scroll Lock Key
Curtails damage to open documents made by falling keyboards
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[Scroll lock] has usurped the [¬`¦] key's position as the most useless key on the keyboard. To restore the [¬`¦] key's rightful place as the most neglected key on the keyboard, I plan to make the [scroll lock] slightly taller and perhaps fatter than its kindred keys.

If your keyboard falls off the desk and on to the floor, as mine so often does, the [big fat scroll lock] key will likely hit the floor first. This will remove influence from more dangerous keys like [f1] and [del], leaving your desktop unscathed from the incident.


spiritualized, May 15 2005

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       You could extend this to the point where the more useful the key is, the smaller it is.
Actually, i've always found `, ¬ and ¦ very useful for typing formal logic.

nineteenthly, May 15 2005
  

       My KVM uses repeated taps of scroll lock to switch inputs. That's how useless a scroll lock is. Except on this iBook, with this Microsoft Nach pro, where scroll lock turns the brightness of the screen... where's everything gone?

Ian Tindale, May 15 2005
  
      
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