From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MCHdG-0007pB-MD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:25:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 52C12E03C9; Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:25:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yw-out-1718.google.com (yw-out-1718.google.com [74.125.46.152]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E933E03C9 for ; Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:25:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yw-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 5so2981520ywm.46 for ; Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:25:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=XMgqVoT6DRDopV8t966VyJ7168bjhtv134s3Q/g1Gy0=; b=obIOQlyA9+l+iy/PJMEvzZG+8ZbnNT4BMRylK2e7FRvzPpoyk8nSBVEg5K5Qd5vSaa btvhYgG/InRzoFn7UwE2QpMWHLJBF93XCWFqjQ7hxviligCXSv42CDXsEjlNaSa+CLjW +wnVU1YlXyXqR2X0dUYuTsYLXLs1YQB++cBag= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=ooy3VzbD+NyhGdRXLwCaz/yHuVlAT1bvklb8LJAAOkWURGcXGbbIqnOmkClaJCBWAq ET+PaNjQrEh6ZKRK5qLMv/T9yFwZEMz7DBA3QcRK8EaPOe9vFgfoTKYl/OyQzkxwRzb8 bexHSauODFx2y9Zhq8uiq6eZ/i681KAjjLpdY= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.151.6.2 with SMTP id j2mr4144742ybi.304.1244139939892; Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:25:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <342e1090906041119m468c5497s2a3d10f2ff8f7ef5@mail.gmail.com> References: <20090531141405.45adc333@gentoo-01> <20090604073351.O899@shell.bway.net> <4A27DCAB.5090001@gmail.com> <200906041714.12946.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <20090604152524.GA4784@ca.inter.net> <4A27ECFB.4030404@gmail.com> <342e1090906041119m468c5497s2a3d10f2ff8f7ef5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:25:39 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: f0d387cf40e1d8b8 Message-ID: <58965d8a0906041125n6d4f10bch7760f5e5c7b1e830@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: buying a keyboard From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6bf8c812-ffea-4c75-93d5-9a3762c19140 X-Archives-Hash: af34b63617859313689396795c299445 On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > What I hate most about some keyboards are: > 1) The damn layout changes (like FN key at the left side of the > BACKSPACE, and backspace not a double size key, or right shift also > not double size, ENTER is another one sometimes manufacturers screw > around). > 2) Useless keys inserted in the middle of the layout (like sleep, > standby and power down above INSERT, HOME and PAGE UP). > 3) Absence of the pads used to lift the back of the keyboard (I can't > believe some people don't use them). 4) Cable so short it can't even reach the computer. I have a keyboard with an 18-inch cord. It is barely long enough to reach from one side of the keyboard to the other! Absolutely useless.