I'll probably have loads of people shouting at me for this but...
It's an outdated layout that has just been tacked onto and tacked onto, and would benefit from a wholesale strip back to something a lot cleaner, more functional, and fewer keys whose only purpose is to aCCIDENTALLY GET PRESSED AND THEN BUGGER UP WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.
See?
If the dairy industry can unilaterally decide to do away with the H in Yoghurt, then it can't be beyond the wit of man for keyboard manufacturers to agree on something a bit better than what we're saddled with.
A nod to an ages-old blog post from our ginger leader for some of this angst.
...and don't get me started on the wholesale export of the QWERTY layout onto 3G phones.
Grrr...
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It's an outdated layout that has just been tacked onto and tacked onto, and would benefit from a wholesale strip back to something a lot cleaner, more functional, and fewer keys whose only purpose is to aCCIDENTALLY GET PRESSED AND THEN BUGGER UP WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.
See?
If the dairy industry can unilaterally decide to do away with the H in Yoghurt, then it can't be beyond the wit of man for keyboard manufacturers to agree on something a bit better than what we're saddled with.
A nod to an ages-old blog post from our ginger leader for some of this angst.
...and don't get me started on the wholesale export of the QWERTY layout onto 3G phones.
Grrr...
From the Crucial Design Flaws challenge. See all 138 entries (closed)
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I love keyboard shortcuts, and the windows/start menu button is very useful.
You racist.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 13:47,
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huh, that's nothing
you want to try typing with my bloody fingernails
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 13:52,
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not recently, no
they're like talons. if i scratch an itch, they'll take the damn skin off me
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 14:00,
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Use the F1 key more often.....
It will tell you what the other F keys do!
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 14:06,
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Like our handy pal F6
That poor forgotten one that surprisingly few people ever use.
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Thu 14 Jul 2011, 22:32,
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arf
this is a very angry post.. have you considered publishing it in the Daily Mail?
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 13:53,
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The mounting sense of impotent rage that developed in me as I was TOAPing it tempted me to do just that...
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 13:54,
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oh, i couldn't possibly photograph it
it's so splendid that any lens would instantly shatter if i should try.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 14:28,
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had to check that
in case it shut everything down. But that is great. I wonder how many people actually use it?
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 14:01,
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one thing I do like
but only use it at work (and set up on other people's computers) is creating a short cut for something on the desktop and then adding my own keyboard short cut.
The idea was to stop the tech-averse minimising everything and opening a desktop icon...which they invariably still do.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 14:08,
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The idea was to stop the tech-averse minimising everything and opening a desktop icon...which they invariably still do.
What's wrong with minimising everything and clicking a desktop icon?
Surely that's quicker than letting go of the mouse and using a keyboard shortcut?
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 14:30,
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pressing buttons where your hands already are
Surely that's quicker than letting go of the keyboard and using a mouse?
I think this comes down to personal use.
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Tue 12 Jul 2011, 13:17,
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I think this comes down to personal use.
I much prefer At+F2 or even better Ctrl+Alt+F1-7
*Runs to hide in the geek basement*
Honestly - most used keys would be Home & End.
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Tue 12 Jul 2011, 8:52,
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Honestly - most used keys would be Home & End.
You are a filthy Linux-using pervert*, AICMFP.
*we know our own. Perverts unite.
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Wed 13 Jul 2011, 12:56,
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*we know our own. Perverts unite.
"pause" button can pause the bios splash on most PC's, its handy when you are trying to read something and it flash's by too quickly.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 14:00,
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No its for POST ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test ), to stop automatically rebooting with BSOD's its something like (this is from memory, I dont use windows anymore)
My Computer - (Right Click) - Properties - Advance system setting - startup and recovery, untick "Automatically reboot"
Apologies for that taking so long, it kept going tits up when I used the greater than symbol :/
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 14:11,
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My Computer - (Right Click) - Properties - Advance system setting - startup and recovery, untick "Automatically reboot"
Apologies for that taking so long, it kept going tits up when I used the greater than symbol :/
Yeah I've got that on my puter at home, but can't install it at work due to IT police...
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 14:20,
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I have a friend who uses a screwdriver to prise off the Insert and Caps Lock keys on every keyboard he owns
It saves a lot of time
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 14:16,
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I do that with windows keys
I've got a box full of them.
Insert is vaguely useful when programming if you want to, say, replace every other number in a massive string of numbers.
Pause is the key a lot of games use for the pause function.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 16:16,
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Insert is vaguely useful when programming if you want to, say, replace every other number in a massive string of numbers.
Pause is the key a lot of games use for the pause function.
i remove
the sleep keep. the other keys are no problem- generally i don't struggle to type but that sleep one is a mood killer
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Tue 12 Jul 2011, 13:25,
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I like this post.
Why do they bother with the number pad at all? It just means that on most pull-out keyboard trays there's no room to put the mouse. It's especially bad on 'ergonomic' keyboards which are wider by design and therefore there's even less room to put the mouse in an ergonomic position!!!
ARE THEY THICK??
Also, I can see a use for 'Num lock', sort of, but what the goddamn blazes is 'Scroll lock for'?
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 14:30,
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ARE THEY THICK??
Also, I can see a use for 'Num lock', sort of, but what the goddamn blazes is 'Scroll lock for'?
Years ago I worked in data entry
Some of the data was entered in lots of three-digit codes and, once you got used to it, the number pad could be used to enter them much more easily than the conventional number line.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 15:41,
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Numlock for numbers...
Numlock is great for those of us with a right hand who type numbers. Easier to type out numbers without looking. And as Drunken Miss Ho says... anyone who has had that summer job doing "data entry" learns the speed advantage. I don't think I ever use the "normal" numbers.
[f2] is used to rename things. Very handy if you are too lazy to do it another way.
[f7] is self destruct.
[Print Screen] - snaps a screenshot to the clipboard.
Now find me a use for [Scroll Lock] outside of DOS. Or... come to think about it... [Alt Gr]. I want [Alt Gr] bound to something useful like "Make Coffee"
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 17:04,
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[f2] is used to rename things. Very handy if you are too lazy to do it another way.
[f7] is self destruct.
[Print Screen] - snaps a screenshot to the clipboard.
Now find me a use for [Scroll Lock] outside of DOS. Or... come to think about it... [Alt Gr]. I want [Alt Gr] bound to something useful like "Make Coffee"
Ahh....
I learnt something today... goes off and prints out the keys for Excel. Always thought it was a strange program with its own little ways.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 18:33,
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Missed the AltGr thing.
In Windows it's bound to Ctrl+Alt. Compare AltGr+4 and Ctrl+Alt+4 - both should produce that ghastly Euro currency symbol.
However, it can be remapped. I've a mouldy old ThinkPad which doesn't have a Windows key... or does it?
This piece - www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1051906940 - explains how to mess around with key assignments.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 23:50,
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However, it can be remapped. I've a mouldy old ThinkPad which doesn't have a Windows key... or does it?
This piece - www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1051906940 - explains how to mess around with key assignments.
The number pad is vital for Sid Meier games, Angband, and other turn-based games with grids.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 16:23,
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SCROLL LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR ROGUE
EDIT: IT'S MY FUCKING B3TADAY!
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 17:40,
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I'm surprised you didn't mention the qwerty character layout, certainly the most outdated thing there.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 15:13,
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Make up your own keyboard layout.
I have one of these: www.daskeyboard.com/model-s-ultimate/
I tried learning Dvorak, but without much success so far. QWERTY's just so ingrained after 30 years of use that it's really difficult to switch.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011, 15:20,
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I tried learning Dvorak, but without much success so far. QWERTY's just so ingrained after 30 years of use that it's really difficult to switch.
Oh that looks nice
I was pretty happy to read "Das Keyboard compares to the legendary IBM Model M". I always thought modern keyboards are crap compared to the early IBM ones. I bought a Lenovo, while it's better than the ubiquitous mushy keys, I thought I was alone in thinking keyboards used to be much better.
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