▲ 321 ▼ If you could regulate something relatively inconsequential, what would it be? (vger.social) submitted 2 years ago by aeharding@vger.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 425 comments fedilink hide all child comments Fitted sheet must have label on bottom right seam Salted butter wrapping text must be red. Unsalted blue.
[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I wholeheartedly agree. But unfortunately my regulated standardized keyboard would probably be very unpopular, especially in the US. ANSI keyboard no more. ISO keyboards only. Caps Lock has no use beyond writing angry replies in the YouTube comment section, so Caps Lock will be replaced by Compose. Adding a power button, or anything similar such as suspend, in a place where it might be pushed by accident is highly illegal. Oh, and all keyboards will be US Dvorak from now on. Sure, you can change the layout in software, but the lettering on the keys remain dvorak. And 50% of all keyboards sold will have to have a penguin instead of a windows logo on the menu key. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Caps lock is stuck in what is a great place for a modifier. Specifically ctrl. Compose can be somewhere to the right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neidu2@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I prefer to keep ctrl where they are. But if you insist on moving left ctrl to caps Lock, that means that bottom left is available for compose. Compose is best to have on the left side, as the first key struck immediately after it is usually one of the characters on the right. Plus, historically, keyboards that actually had a dedicated compose key had it in the left. Where shift is now, I think. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I'm very much fine with that, too. I just think it was on the right on Sun keyboards. Either way, not the most common key but infinitely more useful than a caps lock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neidu2@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It has some niche use(r)s. I for one use it daily - My preferred keyboard layout is US Dvorak, but as a noggie I sometimes need to type æøåÆØÅ, so I use compose for those, as well as the occasional trademark, copyright, degrees, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TechLich@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You forgot interrobang‽ The most important and incredulous reason for a compose key. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) Caps lock is stuck in what is a great place for a modifier. Specifically ctrl. Compose can be somewhere to the right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neidu2@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I prefer to keep ctrl where they are. But if you insist on moving left ctrl to caps Lock, that means that bottom left is available for compose. Compose is best to have on the left side, as the first key struck immediately after it is usually one of the characters on the right. Plus, historically, keyboards that actually had a dedicated compose key had it in the left. Where shift is now, I think. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I'm very much fine with that, too. I just think it was on the right on Sun keyboards. Either way, not the most common key but infinitely more useful than a caps lock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neidu2@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It has some niche use(r)s. I for one use it daily - My preferred keyboard layout is US Dvorak, but as a noggie I sometimes need to type æøåÆØÅ, so I use compose for those, as well as the occasional trademark, copyright, degrees, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TechLich@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You forgot interrobang‽ The most important and incredulous reason for a compose key. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I prefer to keep ctrl where they are. But if you insist on moving left ctrl to caps Lock, that means that bottom left is available for compose. Compose is best to have on the left side, as the first key struck immediately after it is usually one of the characters on the right. Plus, historically, keyboards that actually had a dedicated compose key had it in the left. Where shift is now, I think. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I'm very much fine with that, too. I just think it was on the right on Sun keyboards. Either way, not the most common key but infinitely more useful than a caps lock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neidu2@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It has some niche use(r)s. I for one use it daily - My preferred keyboard layout is US Dvorak, but as a noggie I sometimes need to type æøåÆØÅ, so I use compose for those, as well as the occasional trademark, copyright, degrees, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TechLich@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You forgot interrobang‽ The most important and incredulous reason for a compose key. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I'm very much fine with that, too. I just think it was on the right on Sun keyboards. Either way, not the most common key but infinitely more useful than a caps lock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] neidu2@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It has some niche use(r)s. I for one use it daily - My preferred keyboard layout is US Dvorak, but as a noggie I sometimes need to type æøåÆØÅ, so I use compose for those, as well as the occasional trademark, copyright, degrees, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TechLich@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You forgot interrobang‽ The most important and incredulous reason for a compose key. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It has some niche use(r)s. I for one use it daily - My preferred keyboard layout is US Dvorak, but as a noggie I sometimes need to type æøåÆØÅ, so I use compose for those, as well as the occasional trademark, copyright, degrees, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TechLich@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You forgot interrobang‽ The most important and incredulous reason for a compose key. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TechLich@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You forgot interrobang‽ The most important and incredulous reason for a compose key. permalink fedilink source parent