Comment by warpflyght

As a Mac user, I seldom need function keys, so I don't miss them at all on my Voyager. On Windows, X11, or Wayland, that's different of course. macOS basically pretends the function keys don't exist, and my editor of choice, Helix, doesn't use them in its default keymap either. I have them stashed away on a layer but I don't think I've ever used it.

With those things said, I don't actually use the number row on the Voyager either. I have numbers on home row in an easily-activated layer (with a resting position thumb key held down), and I _love_ it. It feels wonderful rolling across home row to type sequences of numbers. I'd probably put the function row on the same layer, shifted one row up or down, if I needed it regularly.

Layers work well for me. I know they don't for everyone, though.