Well bite my shiny metal ass - how is there no wikipedia entry for “meh key”? They have alt key, control key, and even super key, but no meh key. I’m curious if the meh key came from a specific keyboard or what the origins are.
You mean the meta key?
While the meta key is well documented, the meh key is vaguely mentioned in multiple modern split keyboards such as ZSA keyboards and the Kinesis Advantage.
from this blog post it seems, that the ‘meh’ key is inspired by the ‘Hyper’ key. Both being Aliases for hard to reach key-combinations.
I think the reason they don’t have a Wikipedia article (yet), is because they are aliases for combinations rather than “real” keys.
Meh seems to be the combination of <Alt+Ctrl+Shift>.
Thanks for the reply! That would be good info to include in the future wiki. Still curious if this key originated with some 1970s era keyboard or if it came from something more modern.
That would be the Space-cadet
I’m seeing super, hyper, and meta on the Space-Cadet, but no meh.
Ah, sorry. I was answering about hyper.
The earliest reference to “meh key” I’m turning up on Kagi is from ErgoDox’s Indiegogo in 2015.
They may have coined the term.
