Newer laptops often make it awkward to press the F keys. Without changing a BIOS setting, in most of them the user must hold Fn + press the key.
One possibility could be to add alternate hotkeys, perhaps Ctrl + the corresponding numeral. The downside here is, that's still two keys, so does it actually improve anything? Though perhaps some laptops now have reached the point of outright not having the F keys at all? If so, then in this case it certianly is worthwhile. If not... still open to it, but maybe not as important.
What do people think?