[Rant] Apple's idea of what the "British" keyboard is

Hatter The Mad · 14 Dec 2008 at 18:52

You all know what I'm talking about. What the hell is up with that!

:mad:

Cybertronic · 14 Dec 2008 at 19:31

Why does Apple give short names/acronyms or symbols for various keys for the British keyboards unlike the American keyboards which has the full names such as the following, fn for function, ctrl for control and cmd for command etc?

Sic · 14 Dec 2008 at 19:50

because British people are bright enough to figure out what fn and cmd are short for?

dunno what the OP is talking about, unless it's the old @," switcheroo. In which case, get over it.

Scythe · 14 Dec 2008 at 19:51

Sic said:
because British people are bright enough to figure out what fn and cmd are short for?

That one, it's got to be.

Hatter The Mad · 14 Dec 2008 at 20:00

Sic said:
because British people are bright enough to figure out what fn and cmd are short for?

dunno what the OP is talking about, unless it's the old @," switcheroo. In which case, get over it.

The British keyboard is standardised. They shouldn't be calling it a "British layout" keyboard if it isn't that.

I'm talking about the @ and ", the disappearance of the #/~ key, moving of the \ and | key, disappearance of the ¬/`/¦ key.

It isn't a matter of "get over it" (you sound like a fanboy). It is about providing what is advertised.

FreeStream · 14 Dec 2008 at 20:05

I've had numerous Apple keyboards along with the PC equiv.

Have I ever bothered to complain about it? No.

Infact I like the apple layout better.

Typing on my MBP is a god send, I haven't found a nicer and easier laptop keyboard to type on.

Im hoping the new apple keyboards are just as nice.

Feek · 14 Dec 2008 at 20:07

I don't think I've ever needed to use the backslash key on my Mac.

Spyhop · 14 Dec 2008 at 20:11

Feek said:
I don't think I've ever needed to use the backslash key on my Mac.

Good for you

The differences are annoying if you use multiple computers and need to do this pointless context switch.

FreeStream · 14 Dec 2008 at 20:32

wush said:
Good for you

The differences are annoying if you use multiple computers and need to do this pointless context switch.

I use multiple computers. It doesn't bother me.

Spyhop · 14 Dec 2008 at 20:35

Good for you

Sic · 14 Dec 2008 at 20:44

Hatter The Mad said:
The British keyboard is standardised. They shouldn't be calling it a "British layout" keyboard if it isn't that.

I'm talking about the @ and ", the disappearance of the #/~ key, moving of the \ and | key, disappearance of the ¬/`/¦ key.

It isn't a matter of "get over it" (you sound like a fanboy). It is about providing what is advertised.

The British keyboard may be standardised, but so is the Mac British keyboard. The tilde isnt gone, it has moved, and I much prefer having forward and backslash near to each other. As I've said, the only thing I don't like is the hash key, but it's relatively easy to get used to. Backtick is also still there too. Can't say I've used the others you're talking about.

I could care if I sound like a fanboy. Do your research; if the differing keyboard layouts bother you that much, take your mac back and trade it in for some tissues and cry me a river.

fanger · 14 Dec 2008 at 20:53

Hatter The Mad said:
The British keyboard is standardised. They shouldn't be calling it a "British layout" keyboard if it isn't that.

I'm talking about the @ and ", the disappearance of the #/~ key, moving of the \ and | key, disappearance of the ¬/`/¦ key.

It isn't a matter of "get over it" (you sound like a fanboy). It is about providing what is advertised.

SWITCHED about a month ago and apart from the @ switcheroo really hadn't noticed any difference...too busy getting off on generally how intuitive the whole setup is

As another poster advised; Get over it. A tiny temp inconvenience like this pales into insignificance when you consider what you had to put up with under MS.

Spyhop · 14 Dec 2008 at 20:58

fanger said:
this pales into insignificance when you consider what you had to put up with under MS.

Please. Why does it always have to be a corny holy war?

Sic · 14 Dec 2008 at 21:03

wush said:
Please. Why does it always have to be a corny holy war?

Some people (myself not included) really switched because Windows is very counter intuitive in places, and they're as entitled to their opinion as the people who just prefer OSX over Windows. I still use 3 OSs on a regular basis and really like all of them.

fanger · 14 Dec 2008 at 21:16

wush said:
Please. Why does it always have to be a corny holy war?

Hardly war. You want to see a war drop by Iraq.

Mattus · 14 Dec 2008 at 22:44

I think it was a metaphor

Regardless of whether OS X is a god OS or not, Apple shouldn't arbitrarily change keyboard layouts. What next, Dvorak?

craptakular · 14 Dec 2008 at 22:54

I actually think my macbook was a waste of money. I prefer ubuntu over windows and OS X.

I also agee the mac uk keyboard is annoying. I have got used to it now.

FreeStream · 14 Dec 2008 at 23:06

Heh.

All this argument is who starts with which format first.

I started with both when I was 5. A good 14 years ago. MBP layout wins for me. I haven't tried the new apple wired keyboard so I wait to see if thats any good compared to my trusty old noisy dell PS2 KB

Hatter The Mad · 14 Dec 2008 at 23:15

Sic said:
Some people (myself not included) really switched because Windows is very counter intuitive in places, and they're as entitled to their opinion as the people who just prefer OSX over Windows. I still use 3 OSs on a regular basis and really like all of them.

Why is the keyboard an OS issue all of a sudden?

Hatter The Mad · 14 Dec 2008 at 23:18

Concorde Rules said:
Heh.

All this argument is who starts with which format first.

Not really - the standard British keyboard layout was around long before Apple.