I've been using an Apple laptop for 9 years now and I can tell you that there never was a Control key on the right. There wasn't even an Option key on the right until 4 or 5 years ago. Where the Option key is now used to be an Enter key, not to be confused with a Return key.
When I have to use a full keyboard, it drives me insane. I can never remember where to find the Home and End keys, and I'm just not used to using the right-hand VO keys. I really don't want Apple to change the laptop keyboard, and you can always connect an extended keyboard if you have to. Cheers, Anne On 19 Jun 2013, at 10:32, Pamela J Francis <ppowell...@aol.com> wrote: > Hi Mary, > I dove in to the mac world with a laptop & never bought a full keyboard. > There are times I have found the need to come to the left side of my keyboard > with my right hand, however, It is tolerable. I would think you could set a > hot key to do what your wanting to do minus your full keyboard. > On Jun 18, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is directed at laptop users who elect to stick with the built in >> keyboard on your laptop, rather than connecting a full usb keyboard. I am >> very use to my full keyboard with its num pad, which gives me access to num >> pad commander and both sets of vo keys. I also have a magic track pad, but >> to be honest, I don't use it much, as it is separate from the keyboard, and >> I've just never found it all that efficient. >> >> That having been said, I'm strongly considering purchase of a Macbook Air, >> and that has no num pad and no vo keys to the right of the space bar. There >> are certain vo command combinations that I use a whole lot, like vo A and vo >> D, just to name a couple, and there is no way I can do those with my left >> hand alone. I'm guessing that having the track pad integral to the machine >> will make it a lot more natural feeling. I'd still like to kick Apple for >> getting rid of the control key on the right, but since that's not practical, >> I'd be curious how you MacBook owners who also have desktops with a full >> keyboard dealt with the transition. Do you miss the vo keys on the right and >> the num pad? >> >> Mary >> >> Mary Otten >> motte...@gmail.com >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > Pamela J Francis > ppowell...@aol.com > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
