Why UK keyboard layout different from US?
I have to presently work in UK and found UK keyboard layout is quite awkward.
@ is placed with ' instead of on 2
left Shift key is very small (just normal key width)
There's only one Alt key. Another is 'Alt Gr' key which doesn't perform any 'Alt' key function!
# sign is not on key 3 instead it is placed just besides Enter key!
\ is besided left Shift key.
Can anyone tell me Why UK keyboard layout is so different from US layout though both countries speak English?
Re: Why UK keyboard layout different from US?
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Originally posted by sbasak
I have to presently work in UK and found UK keyboard layout is quite awkward.
@ is placed with ' instead of on 2
left Shift key is very small (just normal key width)
There's only one Alt key. Another is 'Alt Gr' key which doesn't perform any 'Alt' key function!
# sign is not on key 3 instead it is placed just besides Enter key!
\ is besided left Shift key.
Can anyone tell me Why UK keyboard layout is so different from US layout though both countries speak English?
The most obvious thing is that Britain developed commercial computers separately and in parallel with the US so our punchcard and teletype terminals were not copies of US ones but completely separate developments (see http://www.computinghistorymuseum.or...g/hardware.htm ).