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Parentheses ((())) have their own dedicated keys.

I liked the old style IBM layout better, but I wouldn't want to go back to a non chiclet design these days either.

Parentheses ((())) have their own dedicated keys. I liked the old style IBM layout better, but I wouldn't want to go back to a non chiclet design these days either.
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One thing I hate about these compact keyboard layouts is they clutter them up by jamming in keys for Home, End, PgUp, PgDn, Ins, Del, and the arrow keys when you have all of those right there on the num pad. Just leave Num Lock off when you’re not typing in numbers and you have everything you need.

These laptop layouts are a mess. They would be simple and beautiful if they left out all of those duplicate keys and let the num pad do its job.