@p @MisterRogersSnapped >Maybe a mid-2000s. Definitely not what people used in the 90s.
Here's Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard from '99.
>Those retarded app buttons didn't appear until USB keyboards took off
I've seen more PS/2 keyboards with those big round shortcut buttons than those with USB connection. Even used some for a while that had a wide-ass scrollwheel on it which was kinda useful.
>in the 90s, people were upset that there was a "Windows" key.
I'd reckon most of those complains were about this key having a Windows logo on it rather than it existing in the first place. Look at Model M, for example, there's clearly some space left that would fit an extra button nicely, which then could be used for controlling a window manager or something without interfering with any existing Ctrl/Shift/Alt shortcuts that may be present in running application.

Either way, I think we're digging too deep into what was supposed to be a silly video poking fun at internet discussions that happens to use old infomercial aesthetics as a stylistic choice.
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