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PrayeR · **Posted:** Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:25 pm **Post subject:** sum fun

ok, just heard
when first printing machine was developed it was found that when peeps type too fast - those "thingz with letters on the end" (dunno how it calls) could meet and stuck.
so qwerty was developed. to prevent it

we all use SLOW keyboard layout
lol

Polityk · **Posted:** Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:30 pm **Post subject:**

I learnt about it a few weeks ago. Stupid, isn't it? :lol:

Aren't those things called hammers?

PrayeR · **Posted:** Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:46 pm **Post subject:**

Polityk wrote:

I learnt about it a few weeks ago. Stupid, isn't it? :lol:

Aren't those things called hammers?

maybe hammers, i really dunno :wink:

karstmobile · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:44 am **Post subject:**

I don't really notice any particular letters on the keyboard which are most common being hard to hit, so it works for me even if it was designed to prevent the typewriter from getting stuck. What keyboard I would like to master is the one-handed keyboard. It has the keys arranged and positioned for the one hand. Type with one... mouse with the other. Saw one for a guy who had lost his right hand. Don't think he ever used it though. :roll:

monkeysmasher · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:41 am **Post subject:**

ive seen some one handed keyboards, they were rather expensive.
of course they sure would make it easier to wack it.

Buckethead · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:29 am **Post subject:**

I broke my left arm on 2 seperate occasions, and then finally, had to have it operated on, which took it out of action for couple months each time, so I had to type with one hand. It's not the easiest thing to do, but I got fairly efficient at it

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2003 2:57 pm **Post subject:**

yes they are called hammers, and when you press a key it's called a 'key strike' apparantly. I heard this years ago from my cousin, so its either true or a general misconception. The keys are still layed out in a way that the human brain can accept and locate the keys easiy, dispersed around the h and j keys. I believe it is easier to type in this layout than it would be in alphabetical :lol:

, you can reach the keys quicker.

Death · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2003 7:38 pm **Post subject:**

A question to the germans..
Is there any good reason why "Z" & "Y" switched places on german keyboards?
Noticed it on some old amiga games where the keymap was hardcoded into the game.

wargand · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2003 7:51 pm **Post subject:**

Death wrote:

A question to the germans..
Is there any good reason why "Z" & "Y" switched places on german keyboards?

Don't know. But although I don't care much about the location of the 'z' and 'y' key, as a programmer I would never touch a geman keyboard. The locations of the backets would give me finger rot after a week.

PrayeR · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2003 8:04 pm **Post subject:**

i have english windows (dont use any "local" versions ever)
and damn deutch keyboard..
at the work - german windows+german keyboard..
so for me it's pain in the ass! (z,y)

wargand · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2003 8:09 pm **Post subject:**

PrayeR wrote:

i have english windows (dont use any "local" versions ever)
and damn deutch keyboard..

Why? Buy yourself an english one.

PrayeR wrote:

at the work - german windows+german keyboard..
so for me it's pain in the ass! (z,y)

Ok, at work it is a bit more difficult, though I made clear very early that I refuse to work with a german keyboard. So it was me or an english keyboard. Fortunately an english keyboard was cheaper for my boss than to seek a new employee :-)

PrayeR · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2003 8:16 pm **Post subject:**

lol
i never saw english keyboards in my city. and in nearest citys 2...

at work.. well, i had 2 possibility
german (logitech, 50 euro, super-puper keyboard)
or english but cheapest...

i made mistake lol

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