I just published a new photoessay about the history of the Fn key, and particularly what Apple has been doing with it recently.

Do we need yet another person crashing out about Apple’s design decisions? Am I doing it only because it’s fashionable to be on Apple Design Hate Train these days? I’ll be honest: I don’t know.

But I have been bothered by Apple’s approach to this aspect of its keyboard design for a while, because it starts breaking what I think is really important in using a computer well: keyboard shortcuts.

I hope it’s also a fun visual history of the most tricky of modern modifier keys.

(And if you like it, I linked to a few of my other keyboard essays in the footer.)