You know when you go into an Internet cafe abroad and you find that the keyboard is laid out differently to the way it is back home? In what country have you found the keyboard most difficult to use? Where is the keyboard layout better/worse than what you're used to?
― Daniel Giraffe, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 09:15 (seventeen years ago)
Probably Japanese Mac laptops. Couldn't get a handle on the different function keys. Other than that, I don't have much of a problem with AZERTY/QWERTY. I can switch easily between those two.
― stevienixed, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 09:51 (seventeen years ago)
Yes, with my ex's Japanese Mac, I found that the alphabet kept switching itself, even when I thought it was set to Roman.
― Daniel Giraffe, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 10:13 (seventeen years ago)
I bought my Powerbook in Japan, and made sure that they switched the keyboard to the US one. I remember having a hard time at an expensive internet cafe in Paris.
― j-rock, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 11:34 (seventeen years ago)
You mean they actually *installed* a diff keyboard? Never thought of that. Instead I ordered an ibook and sent it to my mum (from here).
― nathalie, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 11:35 (seventeen years ago)
I remember trying to write an email when I was in Belgium and getting stuck on simple stuff like 'where's the @ symbol?
― Daniel Giraffe, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 12:25 (seventeen years ago)
Yeah, I don't know why they had to invent a special keyboard. Maybe because we're like... special.
― nathalie, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 12:29 (seventeen years ago)
during my time in Dvorak...
― koogs, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 12:47 (seventeen years ago)
Maybe because we're like... special
I knew there must've been a reason.
― Daniel Giraffe, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 13:43 (seventeen years ago)
i have had minor fits when using french keyboards
― rrrobyn, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 16:04 (seventeen years ago)
"You mean they actually *installed* a diff keyboard?"
Yeah, it took an extra 30 minutes, but it was so worth it. I went and had a drink, went back to the Apple store and took her home.
― j-rock, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 05:33 (seventeen years ago)
Even UK keyboards are different to Aus ones (which are presumably the same as US ones?). I never could work that one out, but the subtle diffs threw me.
― Trayce, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 06:13 (seventeen years ago)
Yeah, French ones were a huge pain in the balls.
― Drooone, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 06:15 (seventeen years ago)
In Soviet Russia, keyboard presses YOU!
― King Boy Pato, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 06:19 (seventeen years ago)