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Well, we tend to assume that the keyboard layout we know from the PCs in the 90s is the only correct one, but these things were always changing and adapting to
by exitb 4y ago
Well, we tend to assume that the keyboard layout we know from the PCs in the 90s is the only correct one, but these things were always changing and adapting to the needs. Looking at the average modern computer user, I understand why a contemporary MacBook keyboard looks the way it does. That being said, it's disappointing that every other laptop keyboard looks just the same. Modern tech always converges to a single design, there is no market to create something, unless you can really sell millions of it.
- NikolaNovak 4y agoI agree with your point. 90s keyboard isn't necessarily "the right one", or perfect. BUT! I dislike every manufacturer making their own keyboard layout with no clear benefit or improvement. If it works don't break it. In particular, hiding key navigational keys (home / end / pgup / pgdwn), which are not exactly a nerdy requirement - anybody using ms office or browser or other tools proficiently will adopt them.
- justsomehnguy 4y ago> adapting to the needs >> goddamn PrtScr instead of ContextMenu Please show me the people who needs to make screenshots so often what there is a key under right thumb. > keyboard layout we know from the PCs in the 90s is the only correct one It's not the best but it's on the every goddamn desktop keyboard. The only reason it's get constantly re-arranged without any regard to usability or common sense[0] is what someone needs to justify own existence, just like "web-masters" which "plays with fonts" because otherwise they would be doing nothing. [0] how many times you powered down/pressed without any result Backspace only to encounter what it is not Backspace anymore, but Power?