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Re:In praise of the mechanical keyboard by cabirum on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @07:01AM (#9333062)
Hmm, cool, Matias actually looks like a modern keyboard and with their own switches even. Okay, I guess it refutes some of my statements :)
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Re:In praise of the mechanical keyboard by technomancy on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @07:18AM (#9333146)
I have to agree with you on one point though: the continued prevalence of the conventional 104-key row-staggered layout is baffling. Up to the mid-80s keyboards used to exhibit gradual evolution in the layout, (function keys on the left, arrow keys in a + shape, etc) then one design happened to take hold and everything else basically died out.

We can (and often do) come up with much better designs, but nothing seems to stick.

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