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New Keyboard Has Just 53 Keys
Enigma5O writes to tell us The Tech Zone is reporting on a new style of keyboard with just 53 keys. Departing from the normal QWERTY keyboard setup the 'New Standard Keyboard' designed by John Parkinson measures just 12.5 inches wide x 5 inches deep x 1 inch thick and is arranged in alphabetical order. The keyboard has been designed with ergonomics in mind keeping all keys within easy reach of the home position. The only question is, will everyone be willing to relearn how to type?
Funny how people are always trying to improve upon the basic qwerty, but always fail to realize, that its main appeal is its universality. Everyone knows how to use it.
The arangement of the keys has no meaning, as different languages use different sets of letters more frequently.
As far as addittional keys go, as is suggested with this new keyboard, we have had compact keyboards with several function keys before, BFD!
Some say he is made with ascii, others that he is eyeballed daily by millions. All we know is, he is known as the Sig