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OT: Keyboard spacebar is unlabeled



On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 09:52:23AM -0500, Bob Gorman wrote:
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> I was eyeing my keyboard the other day, lamenting it's layout. I then started reviewing how the keys are labeled, and noticed that every key has a label, except the space bar. I am surprised as an unlabeled key must violate some ISO, Usability or Disability standard.
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> Does anyone have any insight into this phenomenon?

It's not labeled for the sighted (and hasn't been since the invention
of the typewriter) - labeling it for the blind would seem pretty strange.

I once saw an "Employees must wash hands" sign in a public restroom with
braille included. It was in the middle of a wall far from anything else
(sinks, towels and such). A blind user would have had to spend the better
part of a day looking for it. I suspect braille on the space key would
be equally useful :-).

Nathan

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