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As long as keyboards can not show a different layout (e. g. OLED keys), all these efforts will not get much traction.
by cryptos 10y ago
As long as keyboards can not show a different layout (e. g. OLED keys), all these efforts will not get much traction.
- pattisapu 10y agoThere are stickers: https://www.amazon.com/Simplified-Keyboard-Lettering-Transparent-Background/dp/B0011FI3O8 https://www.amazon.com/Simplified-Keyboard-Lettering-Transpa... I can't imagine that not having backlit keys would be a dealbreaker for the kind of person willing to learn a new layout.
- 91bananas 10y agoAnd there are keycaps for nicer keyboards. They probably won't get any traction to speak of period, since no major manufacturers mass produce and sell keyboards in these layouts.
- teach 10y agoAssuming you're using a mechanical keyboard like a proper human, you can switch the keycaps around. If you're using a laptop then I have no sympathy. You have chosen that life.
- veritas3241 10y agoYou can change the keys on a laptop usually. I'm using a 2013 Macbook Pro and while it's disconcerting to pop the keys off, it can certainly be done.
- teach 10y agoGood to know. I've never owned a laptop. I have a desktop machine at work and another at home and just virtually never have a need to do computer work when I'm not in one of those two places.
- WorldMaker 10y agoAt least anecdotally, you learn to touch type better if the keys on your keyboard don't match the layout you are learning. Almost better to just unlabel all the keys.