The Meme Box

[Veho]

How do you even use this?!
I can't think of an usecase where such ridiculously small keyboard could be the main (and only) keyboard in a setup

I've heard explanations, basically once you get used to this type of keyboard, the fact your hands don't move to reach the further keys lets you type much faster and with less fatigue.
All symbols and functions are available through key combos, and since all of these keyboards are custom, you get to set it up for just the symbols you need/use and arrange them however suits you best. The use case I saw was for Linux/Vim, but there are other uses.
It didn't convince me to leave my full sized keyboard but I guess some people might prefer it.

 

[Issac]

 

[rimoJO]

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wholesome

 

[Noctosphere]

Meh, it doesn't have a numpad, that means you can't count on it

FTFY

 

[Veho]

Ash Ventura:

 

[RedBlueGreen]

FTFY
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Needs more JPEG.

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

And why don't the numpads on keyboards use the usual phone dialer layout?!

 

[Veho]

And why don't the numpads on keyboards use the usual phone dialer layout?!

Because they use the usual cash register layout, just like calculators, and cash registers predate push button phones. So the real question is, why did phones have to be all contrarian?

 

[gudenau]

No love for the 30%s?

100% or bust.

 

[Xzi]

 

[Crazynoob458]

if this comes to game pass for xbox im downloading it right away

 

[Louse]

credit to some dude with no creativity lol

 

[gudenau]

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Netscape would like to know your location.

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

Because they use the usual cash register layout, just like calculators, and cash registers predate push button phones. So the real question is, why did phones have to be all contrarian?

...Because the phone layout makes more sense? Seriously, does A make more sense than B?

Spoiler: A

the lazy dog.
fox jumped over
The quick brown

Spoiler: B

The quick brown
fox jumped over
the lazy dog.

 

[gudenau]

Because they use the usual cash register layout, just like calculators, and cash registers predate push button phones. So the real question is, why did phones have to be all contrarian?

Blame bell labs.

 

[gudenau]

 

[Bagel Le Stinky]

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I think that one's been posted already

 

[Veho]

...Because the phone layout makes more sense? Seriously, does A make more sense than B?

Spoiler: A

the lazy dog.
fox jumped over
The quick brown

Spoiler: B

The quick brown
fox jumped over
the lazy dog.

On the other hand it also makes sense to put lower numbers in the lower rows and higher numbers in the higher rows. It's all arbitrary.

 

[Xzi]

 

[smileyhead]

Because they use the usual cash register layout, just like calculators, and cash registers predate push button phones. So the real question is, why did phones have to be all contrarian?

I'm gonna make a wild guess and say it's maybe because, on classic telephones, the handset is above the keypad, and it made more sense to start numbering the buttons closer to it.