I Hate (Most) Keyboard ‘Fn’ Keys
Summary
A personal take on Fn key design and UX. The piece critiques keyboards that repurpose F1–F12 into special functions, highlighting how sleep/hibernate triggers can be frustrating, and contrasts keyboards that implement Fn more thoughtfully with examples like WASD Code and Keychron K10. It proposes criteria for doing Fn keys right and discusses cross-platform usability.