Almost everything else is indicated on the screen. Why aren’t these indicators shown on the taskbar or menu bar instead?
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Historical reasons.
It used to be like that in the past – before computers even had proper screens, really.
Why not change it?
Well, the better question is *why* change it? The current trend is quite the opposite: we stuff more and more stuff onto the keyboards. Programmable RGB LED illumination, tiny LCD screens, programmable macro keys, even *full feature touch displays*, though I heard newer Macbooks are ditching that. Why remove the poor status LEDs from their rightful historical place specifically?
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