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idlewords | karma 28364 | avg karma 6.34 · 2016-10-31 08:22:36

I believe that's the solution they went with.

Lio | karma 7407 | avg karma 2.93 · 2016-10-31 08:28:02

True but the screenshots released so far indicate that it's centred, so it's position will move depending on context. Not good for muscle memory.

nicky0 | karma 2503 | avg karma 1.51 · 2016-10-31 09:15:06+00:00

No, it is positioned at the far left on all screen shots. There is a small, ugly, constant margin however.

Lio | karma 7407 | avg karma 2.93 · 2016-10-31 09:34:02

I guess we'll know for sure once they ship. Hopefully, it could be be something that's configurable to preference.

If it's just an ugly margin around the Esc key then I still think it's poor UX work.

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nicky0 | karma 2503 | avg karma 1.51 · 2016-10-31 10:27:47+00:00

I agree. I don't think they should have put the esc key there at all. I would have made the key to the left of the "1" key the Esc key, and moved the original functions of that key somewhere else.

However this is coming from a UK user on which the key in question has the symbols "§" and "±". Which I never type. I understand the US layout has some more useful symbols there.

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