throwable

I love the new Apple wireless keyboard. Since it doesn’t have a numeric keypad, it can be positioned directly in front of the user without forcing the mouse way off to the right. Overextension is hard on the wrists, so this is a plus from an ergonomic standpoint.

The only problem? There’s no forward-delete key. This might not seem like a big deal until you realize just how many applications require the forward-delete key to delete an object.

Fortunately, there’s an easy solution. If you hold down the function (“fn”) key and then press the normal delete key, the keyboard will generate a forwards-delete instead of a backwards-delete. I think I can live with that.

(The above applies to Apple laptop keyboards as well.)