Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!apple!agate!shelby!portia.stanford.edu!elaine4.stanford.edu!draphsor From: draphsor@elaine4.stanford.edu (Matt Rollefson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: New Mac Keyboard Message-ID: Date: 23 Oct 90 21:45:53 GMT References: <4694@sage.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: news@portia.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Distribution: na Organization: AIR, Stanford University Lines: 16 ar4@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes) writes: >Why on earth is the Caps-lock key far left on the middle row of keys on >extended keyboards, where the Control key should be? Is this in accordance >with an accepted standard, for ergonomic reasons, or what? The explanation that Apple gave at a recent presentation was that it had been changed to conform to "international standards". Now, why anyone would want to have the control and escape keys in the wrong place as a standard is beyond me, but... :) >----- >Piper Keairnes >ar4@sage.cc.purdue.edu -- Draphsor vo'drun-Aelf draphsor@portia.stanford.edu