I have never, since the days of taking receipt of a VIC-20, used a function key on a computer in my life.

All you've got to do is walk into the bay, slide the 'puter into the slot, and hit this function key here.

The tiny screen could possibly replace the function key row and allow users to perform "context based" commands depending on the app in use.

MacBook Pro From €1,799 First Apple came for the headphone jack; now it has the humble function key in its sights.

There were all kinds of function keys to hit and passwords to discover.

Some programs let you attach batches of commands to function keys and keypress combinations.

And the lack of function keys, of course, is famous and I like those function keys.

Chunky off-white keyboard, with gray function keys down the right and rainbow stripes along the top?

Media transport keys, mapped to the function keys.

Any one of them was a functioning key.

And the lack of function keys, of course is famous, And I like those function keys, even now.

Developing without a mouse is one thing, developing without a mouse, function keys, navigation keys or Alt is quite another.

You can even tweak the function keys to act as they do on the Mac, controlling volume and iTunes directly.

Overnight, I went from being a woman who was suspicious of the function keys (what are those for anyway?

There are some special function keys across the top which serve as the Home button, search function, and a photo gallery slideshow.

The keys on the keypad (right hand side, looks like a calculator pad) act as function keys in some programs.