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US keyboard layout
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 4 years (2020–2023), in 5 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Dead keys on quote and apostrophe make typing harderUnreviewed
20202026- Dead keys on quote and apostrophe make regular typing and programming harder2023-03-12
- Hard to type common symbols like ¬ or ¿ on many keyboards2021-06-27
- Quotes get turned into accents on the next letter, messing up typing while programming2020-06-04
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 5 complaints
- Command key position forces awkward thumb curl when resting on home row2023-10-02
- Dead keys on quote and apostrophe make regular typing and programming harder2023-03-12
- Symbols require awkward finger contortions compared to a custom layer2022-03-18
- Hard to type common symbols like ¬ or ¿ on many keyboards2021-06-27
- Quotes get turned into accents on the next letter, messing up typing while programming2020-06-04