Does anyone else out here have a hard time typing on a laptop keyboard vs an old-school slanted one?
Having grown up typing on regular typewriters, including the trusty manual Olivetti's, I find the flat laptop design irritating.
I have a wireless full-size w/ numeric keyboard but somehow USB Receivers (keyboard & mouse) seem to have gone missing. I'm certain I kept them in the USB hub when I packed up in Aug but they weren't there when I unpacked.
@see_the_sus
Never thought of it that way. It does take some getting used to…
(My Mom did home typing when I was in single digits. I could type before I could write.)
You’ll notice that external keyboards tend to be slightly slanted, with a slight bias towards horizontal on the keys themselves.🤔😉😊
My parents were secretaries, back when that's what they were called. LOL
I would pile up phone books on a chair and sit at my dad's desk and "type" on his IBM Selectric.
@jeffm23
My parents were very serious secretaries. 🤣
Plus Army and so I grew up in a very rigid organized home. I'm more comfortable wandering around in an office supply store than I am in a hardware store. I could spend all day sifting thru pens, pencils, markers, etc. Same with an art supply store. O-M-G 😆
@see_the_sus
I remember pre-Selectric electrics. When you hit "return" the whole carriage would shove over. When you typed, it would shake like a washing machine... 🤔😉😊
@jeffm23 😂
But much preferable to the clunky manuals where one had to have hand strength like Hercules to move the carriage return lever and where it was oh so very easy to jam one's finger into the innards while typing. 🤣
@see_the_sus That’s what I learned on. Good strength exercise for the fingers. Never could touch-type, tho, but I do pretty good with three fingers right, one left and my thumb… 🤔😉😊
@see_the_sus
Wow, you had a Selectric!! I envy you. They didn't appear until I was in college, and didn't become common for another 10 years. 🤔😉😊