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New Standard Keyboard

Posted by samzenpus on from the learn-to-type-again dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There are two keyboard standards today - QWERTY and DVORAK. QWERTY, the one we usually have, was used on the first commercially produced typewriter in 1873. Ironically, QWERTY was actually designed to slow down the typist to prevent jamming the keys, and we've been stuck with that layout since. New Standard Keyboards offers new "alphabetical" keyboard. This keyboard has just 53-keys (instead of 101) and offers user-friendly benefits and quick data entry."

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  1. Oh great... by eobanb · · Score: 1, Troll

    I JUST switched to Dvorak about two weeks ago. I recommend giving it a try. This design looks like BS though. Note the "New Standard Keyboards debuted a patented USB-interface computer keyboard at CES 2005"...this patent-encumbered keyboard won't get that far.

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  2. Re:wrong by Golias · · Score: 0, Troll

    Right, because it's so easy for newbies to remember that:

    """ is for "Quit"

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    Information wants to be anthropomorphized.

  3. Re:wrong by leonmergen · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, just like everyone's adopting IPv6 when it became available and started writing proper HTML when Firefox became popular...

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