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Message: 29
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:15:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com>
Subject: Re: Documentation for the AT&T Sceptre Videotex terminal
But see, it HAS to be bad if Microsoft does it. One
little key, and
the keyboard universe falls apart.
I believe the objection was its placement, not the presence of a
Windows-specific key. I've certainly had trouble adjusting to a Windows
keyboard after being used to not having anything between Ctrl and Alt.
Even Macs don't disturb that. Command is to the side of that group,
not splitting it up.
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Well, yes, obviously the location is the issue, but it is still just another
tedious MS-bash; I've got an APL keyboard here, and I think every
"classic" terminal or computer keyboard I have here is different in
some "improved" way but I don't hear complaints about that, or all the
different PC layouts, especially the enter, backspace and \ keys.
I find the WIN keys quite handy, and since they're control-type keys
the location actually makes sense to me; just part of the DOS>WIN
adjustment.
Don't you also have trouble switching from a C64 to a Mac?
m