Microsoft admits Windows 11's dedicated Copilot key breaks certain workflows

Microsoft admits Windows 11's dedicated Copilot key breaks certain workflows(windowscentral.com)

20 points by 01-_- 2 days ago | 10 comments

For me it was even worse than that. One laptop has copilot blocked by policy, and it shows a blocking modal every time you press the key by mistake

ChrisRR 2 days ago |

I hold down the copilot key to raise my cpu temperature and emacs interprets that as Ctrl

yummybrainz 2 days ago | |

The reference [1], for the lucky ten thousand [2]:

[1]: https://xkcd.com/1172/ [2]: https://xkcd.com/1053/

khuedoan 1 day ago | | |

Perfect illustration of Hyrum's law [1]

> With a sufficient number of users of an API, it does not matter what you promise in the contract: all observable behaviors of your system will be depended on by somebody.

[1]: https://www.hyrumslaw.com

hurfdurf 2 days ago |

  Configuration options vary depending on device manufacturer.
  A future Windows 11 update will add a setting that allows you to remap the Copilot key to either the Right Ctrl key or the Context menu key.
  Keyboard layouts and Copilot key implementations can vary based on device manufacturer, firmware configuration, and hardware design.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows/co...

None of this would have been necessary if it had been an option in BIOS/UEFI from the beginning. Hybris.

dapperdrake 2 days ago | |

Missed opportunity to add a context window key ;)

bilekas 2 days ago |

Do Microsoft just do zero testing these days ? Not even an AB test to see how their unproven tech that they have invested billions in will behave ?

krystalgamer 2 days ago | |

unit test for sure, but not integration.

the chain of design to implementation is so laser focused on the key doing what is meant to do that they forget there's an existing ecosystem they have to respect.

darthoctopus 2 days ago |

Can we finally stop having business people forcing product decisions on us? Microsoft's recent history suggests not… and I fear the facade of empowerment by LLM will only make things worse in the near future.

anakaine 2 days ago | |

Theyre going the way of Boeing. Where Marketing drives the engineering decisions and where sales make promises that engineering cant deliver but marketing will advertise all the same. All from a company built by engineers.

Configuration options vary depending on device manufacturer. A future Windows 11 update will add a setting that allows you to remap the Copilot key to either the Right Ctrl key or the Context menu key. Keyboard layouts and Copilot key implementations can vary based on device manufacturer, firmware configuration, and hardware design.