Comments on: On Keyboards http://blog.damianbrady.com.au/2009/04/06/on-keyboards/ ramblings of a late 20s IT nerd / volleyball junkie / semi-professional drinker Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:56:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: nickf http://blog.damianbrady.com.au/2009/04/06/on-keyboards/comment-page-1/#comment-5119 nickf Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:51:54 +0000 http://blog.damianbrady.com.au/?p=100#comment-5119 Man, that's a huge annoyance of mine too. It's very difficult when purchasing keyboards online to know exactly what the layout will be. A slightly different-to-expected layout can be a major productivity killer, especially if you're working with different keyboards (and hence can't get used to one). I have the same layout preference as you it seems. Logitech has always done me right in the past in this regard - you should take a look at their keyboards. Man, that’s a huge annoyance of mine too. It’s very difficult when purchasing keyboards online to know exactly what the layout will be. A slightly different-to-expected layout can be a major productivity killer, especially if you’re working with different keyboards (and hence can’t get used to one).

I have the same layout preference as you it seems. Logitech has always done me right in the past in this regard – you should take a look at their keyboards.

]]> By: Simon http://blog.damianbrady.com.au/2009/04/06/on-keyboards/comment-page-1/#comment-4559 Simon Wed, 06 May 2009 16:39:18 +0000 http://blog.damianbrady.com.au/?p=100#comment-4559 I understand your pain, sat down to use a desktop here the other day and the euro keymap is a bit different... \ is actually part of enter (it's vertical long instead of horizontal), ' is # and | is on ~, nfi where ~ is.... These might sound like minor things until you try to write a unix script, also RDPing into a windows server becomes interesting when your keymap is US:intl and theirs isn't... g'luck finding those keys! If i ever get a desktop over here I'm going to get someone to forward me a US:intl keyboard. I understand your pain, sat down to use a desktop here the other day and the euro keymap is a bit different… \ is actually part of enter (it’s vertical long instead of horizontal), ‘ is # and | is on ~, nfi where ~ is….

These might sound like minor things until you try to write a unix script, also RDPing into a windows server becomes interesting when your keymap is US:intl and theirs isn’t… g’luck finding those keys!

If i ever get a desktop over here I’m going to get someone to forward me a US:intl keyboard.

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