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2008-01-07
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#62
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Originally Posted by Machster
Nothing built-in, and I don't want to try to pry a button off my keyboard because they do not look easily removable/replaceable.
A question to anyone who has one of these Igo keyboards:
Is it stuck with QWERTY or are there different options such as Dvorak too?
You could put stickers on the key tops.
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2008-01-07
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#63
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Originally Posted by dont
The keycaps do come off easily enough (at least mine do), but the problem is that merely switching Y and Z keys (to give but one example) is not enough by a long stretch.
Nothing built-in, and I don't want to try to pry a button off my keyboard because they do not look easily removable/replaceable.
You could put stickers on the key tops.
So in the end stickers seem to be the way to go...
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2008-01-07
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#64
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Originally Posted by Karel Jansens
There's no real point. Yes you could move the caps around, but then then all the Fn-escaped keys are scrambled, and stickers are just gonna be a mess. Best off just doing what I do, type Dvorak on what you can and QWERTY on everything else.
The keycaps do come off easily enough (at least mine do), but the problem is that merely switching Y and Z keys (to give but one example) is not enough by a long stretch.
So in the end stickers seem to be the way to go...
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2008-01-07
, 03:26
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#65
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Dvorak is not merely rearranging the keyboard letters. The software has to have a Dvorak configuration option. OS2008 does not seem to have one built in to the control panel settings. So unless the keyboard has this option then rearranging the letters (for those who need it) is useless.
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2008-01-07
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#66
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Originally Posted by Machster
Yes, we're well aware.
Dvorak is not merely rearranging the keyboard letters. The software has to have a Dvorak configuration option. OS2008 does not seem to have one built in to the control panel settings. So unless the keyboard has this option then rearranging the letters (for those who need it) is useless.
maemo is Linux, so changing the layout wont be a problem. There's a thread somewhere around here discussion the very thing.
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2008-01-07
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#67
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
Yes, we are well aware.
maemo is Linux.
But hoping to have an easier and more covenient way to configure it though.
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2008-01-07
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#68
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
I now have keyboards with so many different layouts (Belgian AZERTY, Franch AZERTY, Dutch QWERTY, US QWERTY, Italian QWERTY, German QWERTZ) that my typing skills are in serious peril. I might follow your suggestion.
There's no real point. Yes you could move the caps around, but then then all the Fn-escaped keys are scrambled, and stickers are just gonna be a mess. Best off just doing what I do, type Dvorak on what you can and QWERTY on everything else.
BTW, stickers can really work, but need work. The trick seems to be to make the stickers just slightly smaller than the keycaps and apply ample amounts of sealant/varnish. Obviously, this cannot be done with the keycaps in place (or rather, it cannot be properly done that way).
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2008-01-07
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#69
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I switched from qwerty a while back, and on my ultra portable notebook I was not able to change they keys (physically) so once I was good at typing (on a keyboard that did have the keys re-arranged) I simply left they keys alone on the notebook, and switched the layout settings. I could then touch-type on the notebook even with the old keys in their places. It doesn't matter what they keys say on top, as long as you don't look at the keyboard, just type dvorak.
that worked for me anyway.
that worked for me anyway.
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2008-01-07
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#70
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lol, I ordered one of those about a month ago, and paid like $70 for it, but still it is a great Kb, and I don't regret the purchase.
Is it stuck with QWERTY or are there different options such as Dvorak too?