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On Jan 18, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Tom Metro wrote: ... > Apparently Sony resurrected this trend about 4 years ago, and a couple > of years ago Apple picked it up and popularized it. It has since spread > to many other laptop and desktop manufacturers. > > No doubt this has been primarily driven by aesthetics (and I guess they > assume most of their buyers are too young to remember the junky > keyboards that looked like this in the 80's), but manufacturers claim > that the design makes typing less error prone. As you would expect, this > claim has been debated, and the issue gets muddied due to Apple's > involvement. > > I can see merit in the concept, and would be curious to see if it would > cut down on the number of times I misfire the caps lock key when I > strike the "A" key. I tried out one in a store, and it seemed fine, but > you can't really tell in 5 minutes. Anyone lived with one of these > keyboard for a while? Yes. I've got a MacBook Pro and the Apple Wireless Keyboard. I'm using the wireless one 8-10hr/day at work right now, have been for a couple of months now. I rather like it. Still not sure if I like it more than an ergonomic split keyboard, but I'm definitely happy with it. Mine is without number keys, and I haven't missed them, I touch-type number on the top row sufficiently well enough, and it makes for a lot of spare room on my desk with such a tiny keyboard (which sits alongside an Apple Magic Trackpad, which I also really like). I can switch between the slightly different layout and required use of modifier keys for things like page up/down, delete, etc., on the Apple keyboard and a full ergo keyboard[*] without a problem. [*] a Microsoft(R) Wireless Natural(R) MultiMedia Keyboard -- Jarod Wilson jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
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