“I don’t know what is Apple’s endgame for the Fn/Globe key, and I’m not sure Apple knows either” – OSnews

“I don’t know what is Apple’s endgame for the Fn/Globe key, and I’m not sure Apple knows either” – OSnews

Every modifier key starts simple and humble, with a specific task and a nice matching name. This never lasts. The tasks become larger and more convoluted, and the labels grow obsolete. Shift no longer shifts a carriage, Control doesn’t send control codes, Alt isn’t for alternate nerdy terminal functions. Fn is the newest popular modifier key, and it feels we’re speedrunning it through all the challenges without having learned any of the lessons.…

Marcin Wichary on Apple’s confusing Globe key

Marcin Wichary, the author of the excellent Shift Happens and one of the best new blogs out there in 2026, Unsung, has written a lengthy essay about the history of modifier keys that’s keyed (eh?) off of Apple’s introduction of its Globe shortcut key: Suddenly, the globe key on the iPad and the hybrid globe/Fn key on the Mac were equipped with a million Windows-like tasks: Globe-C to activate Control Center, Globe-A to show the dock, Globe-N fo…