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> I wanna know the best way to remember what key maps to what character. When I started to learn typing on a keyboard, I had a keyboard layout printed out and
by jxy 10y ago
> I wanna know the best way to remember what key maps to what character.
When I started to learn typing on a keyboard, I had a keyboard layout printed out and taped it on the side of the CRT screen. I never looked down on my keyboard, which is a reason every time someone using a extra fancy backlit keyboard makes me cringe.
I did the same thing for Cyrillic layout, the same thing for Greek layout, the same thing for Japanese カナ, the same thing for Chinese 五笔，and the same for APL.
- hyperpape 10y agoFor me, the backlighting isn't so that you look at the keys while you're typing, it's so that you don't start typing with your fingers shifted to the side and have to back up.
- userbinator 10y agoit's so that you don't start typing with your fingers shifted to the side and have to back up. That's what the "finger alignment ridges" on the F and J keys are for. They were there long before keyboards were backlighted. (Or are "modern" keyboards lacking those ridges now? I don't know, the newest keyboard I have is 12 years old.)
- hyperpape 10y agoThey're on my Microsoft Sculpt and the 8 year old Thinkpad in front of me, so I don't think they've disappeared. I guess I don't notice them when I start typing? I'll have to try and pay some attention to them.