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I just noticed (actually looked) at this image and was surprised to find english wording (erase, enter, pg up/down, etc). I'm assuming that they'll be translated, right? |
I just noticed (actually looked) at this image and was surprised to find english wording (erase, enter, pg up/down, etc). I'm assuming that they'll be translated, right? |
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: yes |
: yes |
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:: great! :) |
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BTW, I always wondered why the opening question and exclamation marks aren't in their 'natural' sequence: opening on the left, closing on the right... |
BTW, I always wondered why the opening question and exclamation marks aren't in their 'natural' sequence: opening on the left, closing on the right... |
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: I'll leave this for a native speaker to sort out. |
: I'll leave this for a native speaker to sort out. |
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:: Which I am... unfortunately I'm no HCI expert to say which is better, but from an intuitive uneducated guess, it would be more natural to have ¿?/!¡ sequence rather than ?¿/¡! |
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Also, having personally dealt with several flavors of keyboards, one thing that really annoys me is that programming uses symbols that are not necessarily available (or easily typed) in keyboards for foreign languages. --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 10:36, 3 December 2006 (EST) |
Also, having personally dealt with several flavors of keyboards, one thing that really annoys me is that programming uses symbols that are not necessarily available (or easily typed) in keyboards for foreign languages. --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 10:36, 3 December 2006 (EST) |
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: Are there particular characters you have in mind? --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:18, 3 December 2006 (EST) |
: Are there particular characters you have in mind? --[[User:Walter|Walter]] 11:18, 3 December 2006 (EST) |
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:: As far as I can tell, the 'programming' keys []|~^:. are readily available... I come from the land of square brackets (aka [[Smalltalk]]) and my experience with AZERTY/French keyboards was disastrous. Also the ES/LA keyboards sometimes lacked the '\' (which was a nightmare when dealing with DOS).--[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 13:25, 3 December 2006 (EST) |
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Revision as of 18:25, 3 December 2006
I just noticed (actually looked) at this image and was surprised to find english wording (erase, enter, pg up/down, etc). I'm assuming that they'll be translated, right?
- yes
- great! :)
BTW, I always wondered why the opening question and exclamation marks aren't in their 'natural' sequence: opening on the left, closing on the right...
- I'll leave this for a native speaker to sort out.
- Which I am... unfortunately I'm no HCI expert to say which is better, but from an intuitive uneducated guess, it would be more natural to have ¿?/!¡ sequence rather than ?¿/¡!
Also, having personally dealt with several flavors of keyboards, one thing that really annoys me is that programming uses symbols that are not necessarily available (or easily typed) in keyboards for foreign languages. --Xavi 10:36, 3 December 2006 (EST)
- Are there particular characters you have in mind? --Walter 11:18, 3 December 2006 (EST)
- As far as I can tell, the 'programming' keys []|~^:. are readily available... I come from the land of square brackets (aka Smalltalk) and my experience with AZERTY/French keyboards was disastrous. Also the ES/LA keyboards sometimes lacked the '\' (which was a nightmare when dealing with DOS).--Xavi 13:25, 3 December 2006 (EST)
