No More Num Lock Key
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 12/21/2015 1:00:00 AM
Nobody uses (or likes) the Num Lock key!
One of the most frustrating things about most keyboards is the pointless Num Lock key. It's beyond annoying. It's just plain stupid.
Num Lock keys were a necessity over 30 years ago, because the original IBM PC Keyboard didn't have dedicated keys for arrows. You hit the Num Lock whenever you wanted use the arrow keys. I remember those days well. Early word processors used a combination of Control combinations to move around, so I was very happy when they eventually introduced a keyboard with dedicated arrows.
Now that ALL keyboards have dedicated arrow keys, why on earth do keyboard makers still include a Num Lock key? It serves no purpose whatsoever, and it's responsible for more problems than I can count.
For example, I get a lot of support calls from people who say they can't access their system because it's rejecting their password. Whenever I get a call like that I always ask if their password has numbers in it, because chances are the Num Lock is turned off, which means that when they hit the numbers on their keypad, they are actually registering as arrow keys. Pointless.
To make matters worse, a lot of computers not only have a Num Lock key, but the manufacturer sets the Num Lock OFF by default. Absolutely stupid.
Apple has history of eliminating the unnecessary, so they eliminated the Num Lock key a long time ago... so why do so many companies still include it?
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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