Allows users to use hotkeys to minimize, maximize, resize, and close the new Windows 8 Apps.

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For starters, Lenovo has added four Windows 8 hotkeys to the Function row up top.

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The only problem with the interface is that it offers only 10 hotkeys to bind groups of units.

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Every one of the built in applications acted the same way, with similar hotkeys, menu structures, modes of operation, fonts, and layout.

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And, being a Microsoft-made keyboard, you'll find Windows hotkeys -- specifically, keys that correspond to new features in Win 8, like the Charm Bar.

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You see, the "Hex" part of the name refers to the six buttons embedded along the left side of the mouse, intended for use as hotkeys during action-RPGs.

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Among the UI highlights are: a dedicated movie library, the addition of cover art for movies and music, a mini music player and the ability to customize hotkeys and mouse controls.

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Something we also saw on the Helix that'll be carried through to the T431s and X230s is a slight alteration to the function keys -- they'll be the secondary use of hotkeys for brightness, volume and such, rather than the other way around.

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It might not be quite as intense a version as on the PC, as hotkeys are hard to come by on controllers, but titles like Torchlight (created at the hands of former Diablo staff) have showed that there is a way to manage a huge number of weapons and spells on a console.

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