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Ars Technica | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Shift Happens is a beautifully designed history of how keyboards got this way

Marcin Wichary on his long quest to capture everything that shaped modern type.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/10/shift-happens-is-a-beautifully-designed-history-of-how-keyboards-got-this-way/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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9516aae1 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 I am still mad about the QWERTZ layout becoming the defacto standard when Dvorak is much more comfortable to write on.
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c1a10e1f | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @872ab8e1 I'm so interested in this book, but USD 150 is too much. May buy a used copy later.