On Mon, Jun 15, Philippe Verdy wrote: > But I think that keyboard should all have a dedicated Kana key to easily map > additional groups without sacrificing other shift keys > on the last row: keyboards really don't need two windows keys and so the > space bar can remain with a cumfortable width [...].
IMHO the space bar should not exceed five keys in width. > If a Kana key or present, in fact it should be to the right of the right > control, or ro the right of the right Shift The best is always that the asymetric modifiers be actioned with the thumbs. If I had to choose between AltGr and Kana, I would prefer the latter because it does not interfere with Ctrl+Alt and does not disable dead keys on Word. But alternately we could map the MODIFIER LETTER APOSTROPHE on the right-hand Alt key for a fluid input of high-quality text files. > [...] Keyboards on notebooks are extremely poorly designed, a complete > nonsense. Yes there are many models from big manufacturers whose key dispatch I donʼt like. By contrast, my computer is a netbook, where nevertheless I find all keys I need, in an ergonomical array. Iʼm not bound, and Iʼm not paid to make adʼ. Itʼs just an advice. The manufacturer my netbook is from, shipped the same model for the United States *with* an Applications key, *with* a Pause key, *with* a second Function modifier key to the right, with up and down keys of the *same size* as left and right, and *with* an overlaid numpad: When you disable the numpad specials on a customised layout, you just press Fn while entering digits (or press the toggle before and after), the same as on Macbooks I read and heard. Itʼs Asus. Best regards, Marcel Schneider
