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Thread #135528   Message #3091379
Posted By: saulgoldie
08-Feb-11 - 06:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Keyboard Layout?
Subject: BS: Keyboard Layout?
I am used to being "in the minority," but...does anyone else have trouble with variety of "modern" keyboard layouts? I have one on my Droid--don't like the device overall, if you care--my new Windows 7 HP desktop, my work Dell laptop, my "olde" work Dell desktop, my recent but not yet antique IBM laptop (my favorite, but doesn't match the others, and I always have to think about what I am typing), my MAC notebook, and so on.

Big things are: return key, page up, page down, "home," "end," "delete," capslock, and a few character keys. They are in different locations, different sizes, and do not always perform the exact same functions.

I USED to have a respectable (by olde standards) keystroke speed (when in "creative mode"), including some favorite oft-used keystroke shortcuts (some dating back to WordPerfect 6.1) that still work. But now...???

As a wannabee writer (no, I AM a writer!!), I find these keystroke aberrations vexing, and thwarting to my "productivity flow." Should I just program them all the same? Anyone else?

Saul