> Does everyone really have memorized what all 12 function keys do in every app they use?
I use IntelliJ Idea, Google Chrome Developer Console, World of Warcraft and those applications make heavy use of F-buttons. At work I usually use large monitor and external keyboard, so I probably could use this notebook anyway, but F-buttons for me are extremely important and using notebook without external keyboard would be a huge headache.
Yeah. I guess my point is they would still be there. Except instead of labeled F8 it's labeled "Step Into" and instead of F2 it's labeled "Target Mob" or whatever wow f keys do.
Way better ux for the average user since I would hazard a large number of people don't actually know what those f keys do.
Honestly I don't see that cross-platform applications will implement it. At least in near future. So probably it'll be those F-keys, but without physical sense. Overall I agree, that icons instead of buttons would be better (I'm always confusing "step over" and "step into" hotkeys).
Anyway it's better to try it before judge. May be those keys are fine or may be I can live with different hotkeys.
I use IntelliJ Idea, Google Chrome Developer Console, World of Warcraft and those applications make heavy use of F-buttons. At work I usually use large monitor and external keyboard, so I probably could use this notebook anyway, but F-buttons for me are extremely important and using notebook without external keyboard would be a huge headache.