eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (01/22/90)
In article <1990Jan21.202123.5070@heights.cit.cornell.edu> jiro@heights.cit.cornell.edu writes: > Put the dits on the keys where they belong (off from the f > and j keys and back on the d and k keys (the dits are the > upraised thingamajigs....)) I've never seen a U.S. keyboard from any manufacturer with D and K--it's always been F and J. -=EPS=-
cattelan@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Russell Cattelan) (01/22/90)
In article <266@toaster.SFSU.EDU> eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) writes: >In article <1990Jan21.202123.5070@heights.cit.cornell.edu> > jiro@heights.cit.cornell.edu writes: >> Put the dits on the keys where they belong (off from the f >> and j keys and back on the d and k keys (the dits are the >> upraised thingamajigs....)) > >I've never seen a U.S. keyboard from any manufacturer with D and >K--it's always been F and J. D and K=Apple (which tends to be confusing since most? keyboard are F and J) <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> <> :-{ :-\<> Russell Cattelan University of Minnesota <> <> :-} :-`) <> cattelan@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu <> <> :-) :-( <> {...!rutgers!umn-cs!cattelan} <> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (01/23/90)
Thank you, thank you, thank you, for all the kind mail about the "dits" on Macintoy and Apple //e keyboards. (Is that why they never felt right?) In any case, close inspection of the variety of other vendors' equipment here either found them absent altogether, or on the F and J keys. Curiously enough, I found quite a few that had nothing special on the QWERTY, but did on the numeric 5. I think Apple is the odd one out. (And they'll probably sue anyone who copies them... 1/2 :-) ) Maybe we need a discussion group for human factors/ergonomics? -=EPS=-