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Alternate keyboard layouts.
#11
RE: Alternate keyboard layouts.
(June 4, 2009 at 9:49 am)Eilonnwy Wrote:
(June 2, 2009 at 1:12 pm)leo-rcc Wrote:
(June 2, 2009 at 9:12 am)Eilonnwy Wrote: There are other layouts of keyboards? o.o

Yes. They are are used in that area called "the rest of the world" Thinking

Well I figured keyboards would be different for languages that don't use the alphabet, but I didn't realize there were different layouts for English keyboards.

Confusedhock:

English keyboards?

It types Dutch just as well: Zie je wel? Wink Shades

The thing is, some languages although using alphanumerical characters, also use a lot of letters not commmonly used in the UK/US, like ë and é and ñ and ß. So these countries have those keys where you would have the [ or " or =. The alfabetical keys themselves are sometimes re-arranged for the same reason, the more commonly used to the fingers that type the most.
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#12
RE: Alternate keyboard layouts.
That was all I was saying, although not so eloquently.

I knew there were different keyboards for different letters used by different languages, but for keyboards meant to type English, I didn't know there were different layouts. I thought there was just one standard type.

It's not a big fucking deal anyway.
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#13
RE: Alternate keyboard layouts.
Eilonnwy, try typing this on your US keyboard:

£

Haha! Tongue The UK keyboard has the $ sign as well, since it's a global currency. We moved the @ symbol to above the ' and the " to above the 2. The tilde (~) is above the # key.

I do prefer the US version.
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#14
RE: Alternate keyboard layouts.
(June 4, 2009 at 10:27 am)Eilonnwy Wrote: That was all I was saying, although not so eloquently.

I knew there were different keyboards for different letters used by different languages, but for keyboards meant to type English, I didn't know there were different layouts. I thought there was just one standard type.

It's not a big fucking deal anyway.

I know, I'm just playing fucknuts with you.
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RE: Alternate keyboard layouts.
(June 4, 2009 at 11:50 am)Tiberius Wrote: I do prefer the US version.

You know I can never find the slash keys when im on US, and i usually need to type in a path to a config file to edit said config file to change the setting. Can get quite annoying Tongue
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