mac keyboards... the @'s in the wrong place!

[SooTyLaD]

both my macbook and external keyboard that i ordered have come with the @ sign above the 2??? is this a mac thing or have they sent me a double whammy of foreign spec stuff?

could get used to it if i have to but thats not the point...

(btw very excited and loving my new mac it takes the p*** how much better than a pc it is and i've only had it for 2 hours )

 

[Will_3rd]

iirc Mac Keyboards are based on US keyboards with regional differences so the @ sign is where it is because of that.

 

[WotDa]

iirc Mac Keyboards are based on US keyboards with regional differences so the @ sign is where it is because of that.

Yup.

After a while you get used to it.

 

[keogh]

Yeah, might take you a while to find the # key too

 

[Deleted member 329]

yeah the mac keyboard in general takes a while to get used to

 

[WotDa]

Yeah, might take you a while to find the # key too

####

Command and 4 iirc.

Or shift, or ctrl.

Command + Shift + K should chuck up an Apple logo too iirc.

 

[keogh]

Option+3 = # actually

 

[WotDa]

Option+3 = # actually

Oh hush! I don't use it much anyway.

 

[keogh]

Oh hush! I don't use it much anyway.

Unfortuntely, I use it all the time, and I'm still trying to get use to it! I miss the position of the # on the British Windows keyboard, but I like the @ above the 2 though... dunno why, just feels more comfortable!

 

[Hamish]

If you think about it Windows has it in the wrong place, the @ is grouped wit the rest of the symbols and the " is grouped with the ' with the rest of punctuation. # is just plain retarded though, I use it far more than § which has it's own key.

 

[WotDa]

# is just plain retarded though, I use it far more than § which has it's own key.

True, I don't even know what the hell § is called, let alone what its purpose is!

 

[keogh]

True, I don't even know what the hell § is called, let alone what its purpose is!

Yea, wtf is that key? Who would ever use that? Does it even show on a Windows PC? Cos if you do the apple logo, on a Windows machine they get a little square... which is understandable... does that key do the same?

 

[WotDa]

Yea, wtf is that key? Who would ever use that? Does it even show on a Windows PC?

Nope.


'¬' is one I am yet to find on the mac keyboards, would be handy to have too.

¬_¬

 

[Will_3rd]

apparently § is known as the "section sign"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/§

 

[WotDa]

apparently § is known at the "section sign"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/§

Cheers for the link, it directed me to this;

The interrobang (/ɪn'tɛrəbæŋ/) (‽) is a rarely used, nonstandard English-language punctuation mark intended to combine the functions of the question mark (also called the interrogative point) and the exclamation mark (known in printers' jargon as the bang). The typographical character is a superimposition of those two marks. The same effect is also frequently achieved by placing the exclamation point before or after the question mark; e.g., "How could you do such a thing!?" or "How could you do such a thing?!"

 

[keogh]

Nope.


'¬' is one I am yet to find on the mac keyboards, would be handy to have too.

¬_¬

Option+L = ¬

 

[WotDa]

Option+L = ¬

Ta.

 

[theheyes]

The # key is the most annoying one when youre trying to code summat.

 

[keogh]

The # key is the most annoying one when youre trying to code summat.

Tell me bout it, im doing CSS and CFM all day, I use that key aloooot! Thats the only thing... I think, I dont like about the Mac!

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Are we seriously posting everything we encounter? Why not make a "N00b.. help needed" thread, this is getting tiresome.