Worst. Keyboard Layout. Ever.
I saw this on another forum. A hospital somewhere in the US ordered a dozen HP laptops for some physicians and nurses. When they arrived, they discovered the "Power On/Off" button is shaped like just another keyboard key and is located in the top row. Immediately to the left of the Delete Key. And just above the Backspace key. And Insert? It's the fifth key to the left of Delete, on the F10 key. To its right are F11 (which also has a glyph of a jet aircraft on it), F12/Dual Screen Mode, Prt Scr, the aforementioned Power Off button, and Delete. The person who posted the message says the Power button instantly shuts down the system when it's pressed, although I suspect this functionality can be changed in Windows. However, it's the only power button on the device so they can't simply disable it. Who the hell designs this crap?
Love how crappy design is always so stylish. It looks like a vintage business card. Oh my God, is that a watermark? On Fri, 2023-01-27 at 22:45 -0600, Brian Lowe wrote:
I saw this on another forum. A hospital somewhere in the US ordered a dozen HP laptops for some physicians and nurses. When they arrived, they discovered the "Power On/Off" button is shaped like just another keyboard key and is located in the top row. Immediately to the left of the Delete Key. And just above the Backspace key.
And Insert? It's the fifth key to the left of Delete, on the F10 key. To its right are F11 (which also has a glyph of a jet aircraft on it), F12/Dual Screen Mode, Prt Scr, the aforementioned Power Off button, and Delete.
The person who posted the message says the Power button instantly shuts down the system when it's pressed, although I suspect this functionality can be changed in Windows. However, it's the only power button on the device so they can't simply disable it.
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On January 27, 2023 11:45:57 p.m. EST, Brian Lowe <brian2@groupbcl.ca> wrote:
I saw this on another forum. A hospital somewhere in the US ordered a dozen HP laptops for some physicians and nurses. When they arrived, they discovered the "Power On/Off" button is shaped like just another keyboard key and is located in the top row. Immediately to the left of the Delete Key. And just above the Backspace key.
My own laptop has a PrntSc key above Backspace. I hit it accidentally with regularity, sometimes multiple times per day. I'll bet a power button instead would be so much fun.
Who the hell designs this crap?
I suspect laptop keyboard designers have a special place in the seventh circle of hell reserved for them. This is a new low, though. Thanks for starting my day off on the wrong foot. :) -- J. King
Add insult to injury... I took not one bot TWO of these crap, junk on trade..... ONLY to find out that everyone ELSE appears to know the fault before me... (quite sure that is why they were traded..... Hats off to HP..... for setting me even farther into debt. Greg On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 6:25 AM J. King <jking@jkingweb.ca> wrote:
On January 27, 2023 11:45:57 p.m. EST, Brian Lowe <brian2@groupbcl.ca> wrote:
I saw this on another forum. A hospital somewhere in the US ordered a dozen HP laptops for some physicians and nurses. When they arrived, they discovered the "Power On/Off" button is shaped like just another keyboard key and is located in the top row. Immediately to the left of the Delete Key. And just above the Backspace key.
My own laptop has a PrntSc key above Backspace. I hit it accidentally with regularity, sometimes multiple times per day. I'll bet a power button instead would be so much fun.
Who the hell designs this crap?
I suspect laptop keyboard designers have a special place in the seventh circle of hell reserved for them. This is a new low, though.
Thanks for starting my day off on the wrong foot. :)
-- J. King
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My old 2013 Macbook Pro keyboard has power as just a regular button, in the corner. While it does not power down on one quick poke, the system will completely shut down without having a prompt answered if held down. This would be fine, except that one of our cats loves keyboards, very deliberately hopping up on laptops and settling right in. She has a knack for finding the key that is most likely to cause mischief. (Power, WiFi, whatever) Brian Lowe <brian2@groupbcl.ca> writes:
I saw this on another forum. A hospital somewhere in the US ordered a dozen HP laptops for some physicians and nurses. When they arrived, they discovered the "Power On/Off" button is shaped like just another keyboard key and is located in the top row. Immediately to the left of the Delete Key. And just above the Backspace key.
And Insert? It's the fifth key to the left of Delete, on the F10 key. To its right are F11 (which also has a glyph of a jet aircraft on it), F12/Dual Screen Mode, Prt Scr, the aforementioned Power Off button, and Delete.
The person who posted the message says the Power button instantly shuts down the system when it's pressed, although I suspect this functionality can be changed in Windows. However, it's the only power button on the device so they can't simply disable it.
Who the hell designs this crap?
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