Re:Apple announces iOS 10
by low_battery on Monday June 13, 2016 @05:07PM
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⌥ is not printed on any key on the Mac I am using, and I am sure ^ on top of 6 is not the ^ parent mentioned. I agree with parent, these are ridiculous.
They are on non-US apple keyboards, the US keyboards use the text "alt" and "option" and so on.
I've always wondered why they don't put the symbols on the US keyboards yet use them in the UI anyway.
Could be that it's difficult to describe over the phone which keys are alt/option/command/control? "The one with four loops" vs "the one with forking road" would be funny :D
I'm typing this on a (2015/2016) non-US keyboard without them.
It's printed on lots of macbooks? http://regmedia.co.uk/2011/09/15/apple_macbook_air_11in_mid_...
As for the characters ⌘, ⌥, etc. they are printed on the key themselves...
Edit: Also, ⌘ historically denotes a place of interest. ⌥ is visually taking an alternative path... it's a straight line which goes parallel. It's the key for alternative functions... alt on pc.