Keyboards and Keyboard/Mice Combo Sets

[CForrester]

I'm well aware that in all likelihood, Logitech doesn't care, but I'm going to post this anyway on the off chance that it gets some attention. I do understand that Logitech is trying to find new, more comfortable keyboard layouts, and I appreciate that, but the ones they've been putting out lately are just getting out of hand.

Let's take a look at the Wave keyboard, and this applies to every other keyboard Logitech seems to be selling today. They've converted the Insert/Home/etc column into a 2x3 design instead of a 3x2. They've completely REMOVED scroll lock as far as I can tell, replacing it with the insert key so that they could make the delete key twice as tall (did we not know where it was before?) I happen to use scroll lock every day in several programs, so this is a big strike against it for me. And let's not forget that the right Windows key and context menu button have been completely removed in favour of a Function button that most people will probably use three times in their entire life. Logitech seems to know that this is a poor design choice as well, as the G15 keeps the regular keyboard layout intact. Their basic model does too, but as it's a basic model, it lacks any media keys (I like to have VolUp, VolDown and Mute).

What I'm looking for is a keyboard with the standard layout, with a double-wide backspace key, a half-height enter key and a wide backslash/bar key above the enter key, with VolUp, VolDown and Mute keys. I used to have one that was wonderful, but it's recently died. I've always gone for Logitech's products and still use my MX1000 as well as an old MX500 that I bought years ago, but if these poor design choices keep up, I'll have to stop buying their products entirely.

[maruel]

I agree with the missing scroll lock and oversized delete key. I'll add some more:

I intended to use a dinovo edge to do software programming but the keyboard layout is just too poor. Especially that the dinovo edge is supposed to be for power users, I don't know what the designers where thinking about.

The biggest pet peeve is the missing "AppKey", the one on the right of the space bar. I use it often (on my other keyboards) and this really pisses me off that it is unavailable. At least if I could simulate this key with a Fn+orange key, it would have made me happier.

If any logitech support guy is listening, please send a message to the engineering departement to make a bios update available to make a key combinaison simulate the "application" key.

Thanks

[billvsd]

COULD NOT AGREE MORE!

Logitech's decision to remove the context-menu key is a deal breaker for me. I can live without the scroll lock and dislike what they've done with the home and end keys as well as really dislike the function key grouping, but I could get use to that.  I cannot work as efficiently without the context-menu.  It means I don't have to grab the mouse which saves time, this new Wave Logitech keyboard feels nice but I'm appauled logitech removed the context-key.  So stupid.  They've done this to pretty much all of their keyboards.

In the off-chance someone from Logitech A) looks at this and B) actually cares, I (like many others) will not buy your keyboard until you put the **bleep** context-menu key back.  I'd rather use a $7 keyboard.