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@electronix
Shift keys on the left-hand side are generally larger.
Due to this sudden change, I keep fat fingering the pipe operator key.
You'd need homing missile like precision to hit that small of a shift key!
It's painful if your coding style tends to be camel case.
Hence, the keyboard is broken :) -
kamen69846y@Nanos That's why there are programmable keyboards so that you can have a layer with the Win key do something else or do nothing at all, or, for little children that can't do it themselves, a special, pre-chewed "Win lock" function.
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kamen69846y@LuxARTS It looks like ISO, and besides English ISO-UK, there's DE, NOR layouts and a few others.
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kamen69846y@Nanos They wouldn't need to open the box if it's properly labeled - for keyboards that have both ISO and ANSI variants, it should be denoted in some way on the packaging (i.e. part of the part number).
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kamen69846y@12bitfloat If this hasn't bothered you until now, there's no reason for it to bother you. Plus, the Enter key is large (in ANSI it's just a horizontal 2.25 U key - like the Backspace, just slightly longer).
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*Keyboard breaks*
*Calls Desktop Support*
Me: Hey, my keyboard is broken. I want to replace it.
*Support guy sends new keyboard*
*Calls support again*
Me: Hey, the shift key on the left side of the new keyboard is broken.
I don't know who came up with this keyboard design, but that person really wanted to see developers who write in camel case suffer while their muscle memory adapts.
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