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This isn't about security or being weatherproof. This is about basics, like using a QWERTY keyboard that everyone's familiar with, and clear instructions that a
by frereubu 4y ago
This isn't about security or being weatherproof. This is about basics, like using a QWERTY keyboard that everyone's familiar with, and clear instructions that are easy to follow. I work in tech and each time I see one of these I'm glad I can pay by smartphone.
- sofixa 4y agoQWERTY isn't the official worldwide standard. These machines are also used in France, where AZERTY is the (imho terrible) norm.
- Nextgrid 4y agoHowever the 3-row layout is mostly the same everywhere so it would just be a matter of swapping plastic overlays & keymaps in software.
- frereubu 4y agoThis machine is in the UK.
- dazc 4y agoObviously, where else would you find such pettiness? Relying upon a machine that is so complex and frustrating to use far outweighs the tiny loss of revenue for when people pass on unused parking time to someone else.
- bin_bash 4y agook but no layout puts the "0" as the first digit
- bmacho 4y agoTIL that no layouts put 0 as first digit. Not US, UK, FR, German or so. Somehow I thought the opposite, I was sure that my layout (Hungarian[1]) is about the same as every other, most probably a direct copy of the German, but nah. [1]: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hungarian+keyboard+layout&iar=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hungarian+keyboard+layout&iar=imag...
- layer8 4y agoEarlier typewriters didn’t have 0 and 1 keys [1] and instead the O and l keys did double duty. When 0 and 1 keys were finally added on typewriters, there probably wasn’t enough space to add them both on the left side. The fact that the previously used O key is to the right may also have been a factor. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Olivetti_Lettera_22_by_LjL.jpeg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Olivetti...
- xmodem 4y agois it not possible to re-configure the machine to match the market it's going to?
- grokx 4y agoI worked for a while as a contractor for Parkeon/Flowbird, and asked about the keyboard layout to a hardware manager there. His explanation was that they did not use AZERTY or QWERTY because it wouldn't work for foreigners.