New Standard Keyboard 973
An anonymous reader writes "There are two keyboard standards today - QWERTY and DVORAK. QWERTY, the one we usually have, was used on the first commercially produced typewriter in 1873. Ironically, QWERTY was actually designed to slow down the typist to prevent jamming the keys, and we've been stuck with that layout since. New Standard Keyboards offers new "alphabetical" keyboard. This keyboard has just 53-keys (instead of 101) and offers user-friendly benefits and quick data entry."
Origins of the new keyboard (Score:5, Funny)
Unfortunately this did not stop the keys getting sticky.
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Re:Horrible, just horrible (Score:5, Funny)
spacebar (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Product won't fly, details scarce (Score:2, Funny)
I still manage to type my /. replies in 20 secon (Score:3, Funny)
-russ
Re:favorite keyboard (Score:2, Funny)
Re:And there's.... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Ironically, that story isn't true (Score:5, Funny)
WINDOWS == QWERTY (Score:1, Funny)
I leave it to the reader to work out the details of the analogy.
Re:favorite keyboard (Score:3, Funny)
Pressing Cntl alt del is so much easier when its one button.
Re:keyboard "standards" (Score:1, Funny)
bitch quit making me use so many capital latrte
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Are they crazy? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:this will not fly (Score:4, Funny)
And this is called "Standard Keyboard"?'
'And above'.
So it'll work on Linux or OSX but not DOS, right?
Re:Difficulty of change (Score:3, Funny)
Just use Emacs. Sure some keyboard shortcuts will be harder to reach, but some will be easier to reach. By using every possible key combination for something Emacs ensures that you're no worse off no matter what keyboard layout you choose.
Jedidiah.
Who needs 53 keys? (Score:5, Funny)
Don't forget about the Microsoft Keyboard (Score:2, Funny)
the only other ABCDE device I can think of... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Some friends and I were actually going to make a footboard once, not that long ago, to move all the modifier keys to the floor. We figure that, if a church organist can play scales with her feet, we could speed up our typing significantly by never having to use two finger simultaneously by way of our feet doing that part of the job.
Re:Horrible, just horrible (Score:3, Funny)
Just have your buddies hold you upside down. It is a liquor store, so nobody will give such odd behavior a second thought.
Re:Why not... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:where's the space bar? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:wrong (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I call bullshit (Score:3, Funny)
You mean the guy trying to sell his keyboard?
Pirate keyboard (Score:5, Funny)
Ironically, that story isn't true-Key-up. (Score:1, Funny)
What's funny is that's the best his typing's ever been.
Re: The QWERTY Rumor (Score:2, Funny)
Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:wrong (Score:3, Funny)
No no no. Eliminate the ESC key by depressing a foot pedal to activate insert mode. Extra bonus: eliminate modes as well as the spastic reflex to slap the ESC key every time your mind wanders. Or here's another idea: put a torsion sensor in your seat pan to detect left cheek lilt, right cheek lilt and use that to control insert/command modes in VI. Extra bonus: more opportunities to unleash "silent but deadly".
Re:wrong (Score:3, Funny)
Re:wrong (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Difficulty of change (Score:3, Funny)
Dear sir, after our recent discussion I am writing to you to tell you that you are a complete moron wait no that's not what I meant wait stop it suptid machine stop it now sob why am I not a train driver mommy mommy sob
Thomas-
Re:Who needs 53 keys? (Score:4, Funny)
Your humor isn't lost on me, but a seasoned vi user will use at least 41 keys, 45 for the inexperienced. The other 8 must be for Emacs.
You must be one those perl monkeys. Otherwise you would need space and return keys.
My only problem with Dvorak keyboards... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:wrong (Score:3, Funny)
But then I called tech support and they told me that it was the mouse.
Re:Ironically, that story isn't true (Score:3, Funny)