What's your backspace/return/r-shift cluster layout?

IceBone · December 14th, 2007, 03:54 PM

Spawned by a discussion in the new toys thread.

We have 2 different layouts around the house, mostly because mum's laptop is imported from germany (cheper, but german layout) with the single row return key and another button above it.

Mine (and the other 2 pcs) looks like this:

My brother in law's is the same, but the backspace key is only a single letter key's width, really weird... And don't get me started on how many different widths there are for the right shift key. So i was wondering, how many different layouts there are out there?

Shawn · December 14th, 2007, 03:57 PM

I'm not sure what you're talking about but I have a standard 101 key English keyboard with a small return/enter key, as opposed to the big ones that take up more than a row.

mgkdk · December 14th, 2007, 04:34 PM

Mine looks exactly like yours Ice, but the buttons next to those don't images/smilies/tongue.gif

jeffy777 · December 14th, 2007, 04:42 PM

It's blurry and dusty, but here's my Logitech Office Pro keyboard:

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/7287/picturett0.th.jpg

Speedtouch · December 14th, 2007, 04:45 PM

I have the same as Ice. I don't think I could instantly touch type on one of the Logitech ones. I'd have to be more careful as to where I tap for enter.

jeffy777 · December 14th, 2007, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speedtouch

I don't think I could instantly touch type on one of the Logitech ones.

Yeah, it's not just Logitech. If you take a peek at Newegg you'll see that the majority of North American keyboards are laid out like that, just a few examples from the models I browsed through to compare:

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/23-109-156-02.jpg

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/23-155-003-01.jpg

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/23-161-028-09.jpg

Lilleput · December 14th, 2007, 05:12 PM

Hi my name is Lilleput and I like posting huge fucking images.

G15

chaos386 · December 14th, 2007, 08:31 PM

This is the layout on my keyboard, an LG-branded EZ-9930, basically the cheapest keyboard I could find locally:

http://pic.phyrefile.com/2007/12/14/entershiftbackslash.jpg

IceBone · December 14th, 2007, 09:40 PM

lilleput, resize and take a better pic, please! >_<

Viper007Bond · December 14th, 2007, 11:33 PM

I can't stand multi-row keys. Thye drive me nuts.

Here's an image of mine (which is identical to 99% of keyboards I see around here that aren't really old) that I found via Google:

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9097/eliteee4.jpg

Cobol74 · December 15th, 2007, 12:08 AM

I've got the same as Ice, but with a hash (NA call it pound for some crazy reason - it's not - £ [pound] - # [hash]) where that strange character is below the solidus [~]. I bet this does not work due to different code tables - but hey I tried!

IceBone · December 15th, 2007, 12:46 AM

Cobol: that does look like a hash, maybe a bit out of focus. That's not strictly my keyboard, i just couldn't be arsed to take a pic of it so i just googled for one that has the same shaped keys. Here's one, but the backspace key isn't visible:

http://icebone.dyndns.org/icephoto/Life/images/keyboard.jpg

MadCow809 · December 15th, 2007, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaos386

This is the layout on my keyboard, an LG-branded EZ-9930, basically the cheapest keyboard I could find locally:

now thats a proper good old keyboard.

eddysdaman · December 15th, 2007, 01:37 AM

http://www.topachat.com/boutique/ressources/in/inn324/inn324z.jpg

G-11 (G-15 without that stupid little screen)

Roman · December 16th, 2007, 12:37 AM

Good old cheapest thing around $10 keyboard. images/smilies/smile.gif

I'm not a gamer or a programmer so I don't need a fancy keyboard.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/tmsml/KB.jpg

Man is it ever dirty ! images/smilies/blink.gif

*Goes offline to clean that up*

chaos386 · December 16th, 2007, 06:11 AM

^Dishwasher method or shower method? images/smilies/tongue.gif

Labcoatguy · December 16th, 2007, 06:20 AM

http://www.ixbt.com/portopc/ibm/t40/ea-keyboard2.jpg

I think IBM was the pioneer of the single-line enter key, way back when, but that's history I don't feel like delving into.

Speedtouch · December 16th, 2007, 03:07 PM

Roman, I have basically the same as you! Although I am a gamer.

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/5672/keyboardse2.jpg

I do have a Logitech MX1000 though, so no crappy mouse for me.

And I love the stupid warning. How can you get a serious injury from using a keyboard, other than to smack someone round the head with it? images/smilies/lol.gif

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8307/xl800159ke9.jpg

December 14th, 2007, 03:54 PM	#1
IceBone Gulf Livery Rules Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 01:39 AM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 6,890 Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 74	What's your backspace/return/r-shift cluster layout? Spawned by a discussion in the new toys thread. We have 2 different layouts around the house, mostly because mum's laptop is imported from germany (cheper, but german layout) with the single row return key and another button above it. Mine (and the other 2 pcs) looks like this: My brother in law's is the same, but the backspace key is only a single letter key's width, really weird... And don't get me started on how many different widths there are for the right shift key. So i was wondering, how many different layouts there are out there? __________________ The Mitsubishop of Natural Aspiraton

December 14th, 2007, 04:34 PM	#3
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jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	It's blurry and dusty, but here's my Logitech Office Pro keyboard: __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them." Last edited by jeffy777; December 14th, 2007 at 04:47 PM..

December 14th, 2007, 04:45 PM	#5
Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,855 Rep Power: 34	I have the same as Ice. I don't think I could instantly touch type on one of the Logitech ones. I'd have to be more careful as to where I tap for enter. __________________ Eyre Photography

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December 14th, 2007, 03:57 PM	#2
Shawn Lexus? Oh shi- Joined: May 26th, 2005 Last Online: 04:20 AM Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 8,779 Car: IS250 RWD Rep Power: 93	I'm not sure what you're talking about but I have a standard 101 key English keyboard with a small return/enter key, as opposed to the big ones that take up more than a row.

December 14th, 2007, 08:31 PM	#8
chaos386 .sa = bad driver! Joined: Nov 8th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Age: 22 Posts: 3,564 LFS Status: Rep Power: 62	This is the layout on my keyboard, an LG-branded EZ-9930, basically the cheapest keyboard I could find locally: __________________ "Shit, that's a busy table cloth." -matt2000

December 14th, 2007, 09:40 PM	#9
IceBone Gulf Livery Rules Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 01:39 AM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 6,890 Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 74	lilleput, resize and take a better pic, please! >_< __________________ The Mitsubishop of Natural Aspiraton

December 14th, 2007, 11:33 PM	#10
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 21,086 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 237	I can't stand multi-row keys. Thye drive me nuts. Here's an image of mine (which is identical to 99% of keyboards I see around here that aren't really old) that I found via Google: __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

December 15th, 2007, 12:08 AM	#11
Cobol74 Joined: Mar 21st, 2006 Last Online: 12:18 AM Location: Southampton Posts: 6,217 Car: Vauxhall Zafira 1.9 TDI Slush box. Rep Power: 58	I've got the same as Ice, but with a hash (NA call it pound for some crazy reason - it's not - £ [pound] - # [hash]) where that strange character is below the solidus [~]. I bet this does not work due to different code tables - but hey I tried! __________________

December 15th, 2007, 12:46 AM	#12
IceBone Gulf Livery Rules Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 01:39 AM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 6,890 Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 74	Cobol: that does look like a hash, maybe a bit out of focus. That's not strictly my keyboard, i just couldn't be arsed to take a pic of it so i just googled for one that has the same shaped keys. Here's one, but the backspace key isn't visible: __________________ The Mitsubishop of Natural Aspiraton Last edited by IceBone; January 5th, 2008 at 02:06 PM.. Reason: fixed url

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Roman Resident Skydiver Joined: Jan 15th, 2005 Last Online: December 20th, 2008 Location: Québec, Canada Posts: 1,612 Car: 03 stick shift PT Cruiser GT & 1994 Mazda Miata. Rep Power: 20	Good old cheapest thing around $10 keyboard. I'm not a gamer or a programmer so I don't need a fancy keyboard. Man is it ever dirty ! Goes offline to clean that up __________________ . . . Not your average pt or Miata driver...

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December 16th, 2007, 06:20 AM	#17
Labcoatguy Joined: Mar 27th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Boston, MA Age: 25 Posts: 2,693 Car: None; later rather than sooner Rep Power: 82	I think IBM was the pioneer of the single-line enter key, way back when, but that's history I don't feel like delving into.

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Speedtouch Joined: Jul 30th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Kent, England Age: 16 Posts: 2,855 Rep Power: 34	Roman, I have basically the same as you! Although I am a gamer. I do have a Logitech MX1000 though, so no crappy mouse for me. And I love the stupid warning. How can you get a serious injury from using a keyboard, other than to smack someone round the head with it? __________________ Eyre Photography Last edited by Speedtouch; December 16th, 2007 at 03:12 PM..

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