Maybe keyboards will have a few lcd keys, or for cost cutting a colored led keys to match these kind of hints
> non tech savvy people
Tech, in many situations that intersect with non-tech people, is now some form of touchscreen with an onscreen keyboard.
Exceptions are corporate HR departments, whose hardware, software, and flow seem to ignore the fact that phones are the primary Internet device now, not PCs like it was in the 90s.
If your actual job requires you to use a PC, you probably simply just need to learn to use a keyboard because the apps you are using are going to be complex to, e.g. Office suite, etc.
it's not the keyboard, it's the meaning 'RET' has for a particular form. It can be a per field 'accept then go next' it can be 'validate the local group', 'validate the main form and submit it back', 'accept a partial choice but don't change focus'. That's why the hint is brilliant, it removes confusion.
Also people who need this knowledge are never given good tutors. It's mostly "deal with it, and be fast or else.."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Maximus_keyboard
Apple has a patent on the concept; maybe there’s still one in our future:
Also, it's right in front of your eyes, so it's clear when it says something else. Your computer keyboard isn't, and people don't usually look at the enter key before hitting it (even hunt-and-peck typers should have the enter key committed to muscle memory). Forcing people to look down at their keyboards before hitting enter would make ergonomics worse, not better.
There are enormous numbers of keyboards with per-key RGB lighting available. And the host OS can control them (right now my keyboard is lighting up with the music)