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Computer keyboards: What would you change about them and why?

Asked by Noel_S_Leitmotiv (2719points) September 17th, 2009

The ; and ’ keys should switch positions.

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ragingloli's avatar

qwertzuiopü+
asdfghjklöä#
yxcvbnm,.-

QWERTZUIOPÜ*
ASDFGHJKLÖÄ’
YXCVBNM;:-

seems fine to me

jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities's avatar

Mine would dispense beer. I feel like I don’t need to explain the why.

Les's avatar

Do we really need 12 ‘F’ keys?

drdoombot's avatar

Mine would dispense shaving cream. I feel like I don’t need to explain the why.

rebbel's avatar

Mine would dispense argumentations. I feel like i don’t need to explain the why.

One button instead of the combi Alt-Tab, and one instead of Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

SpatzieLover's avatar

Trolling again?!

Supacase's avatar

@rebbel I totally agree about the Alt-Tab! I think the Ctrl-Alt-Delete is three keys instead one so people don’t hit it by accident.

Personally, I would like to see the Delete have a consistent place. It is in a completely different spot on my husband’s laptop than on mine. Same for Home, End, Page Up and Page Down, but Delete is the one that bothers me the most.

ekans's avatar

The QWERTY design was made for typewriters to be inefficient, because, if someone typed too fast, the typewriter would jam up. Now, with computers, that design is seen by many as being obsolete and worthless, so other, more efficient layouts, like Dvorak, were made, but they are yet to achieve wide popularity.
However, due to its lack of popularity, it remains to be seen exactly how much more efficient a different layout may be.
Personally, I would stick to the standard QWERTY, just out of laziness. I already took a typing class, I’m not taking another!

jamielynn2328's avatar

I would like a control key near the page up and page down section of the keyboard. It would make it easier to navigate in excel and word.

mattbrowne's avatar

Replace the microsoft logo key with a little penguin.

ragingloli's avatar

make all keyboards touch screens with LCARS design. (and the beep sound everytime you press a button.)

Ame_Evil's avatar

Well I use my laptop (and a lot) and underneath the keyboard is getting a bit dirty. What I would like to change would be to have a keyboard that you can slide the top out (the keys) of the computer so you can clean underneath easily. I really cba with all these computer vacuums and shiz.

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