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I try to strike the right balance of OG and trendy. This is more of a Cherry/IBM hybrid. The symbols fit better with the icon mods.
Speaking of which, why haven't you gotten rid of the (rightly maligned) "Windows" icons/symbols yet? Generally speaking, we all agree that any logo is better. And specially on a set inspired by IBM(/Lenovo)'s keyboards.
I do appreciate the tough love we get around here! Some people like the Windows keys (myself included).
Everyone is entitled to its own modicum of bad taste.
(but the Windows logo is still an abject, abominable sight)
Did you want me to substitute them for Meta ◇ symbols? I actually thought I was doing everyone a favour by not including the Windows keys in the base set... Have you noticed that they are optional?
They
stain the set. Even if they remain unused and hidden away. This is, like, the objective & undeniable truth and stuff (YMMV).
Jokes aside, as per a proper replacement goes, I'm very strongly of the opinion of the opinion of "Anything but this!" so, indeed, most things are fine by me. As things go, I used to prefer "Meta" as the legend and ◇ as the icon version of meta, but lately I've taken a liking to konstantin's suggestion of "System"/"Sys" (just don't do that shebang thing - it tries to be cute but fails).
Also, I'm not sure if using the Windows logos STILL require a license payment to Microsoft. What if that is still the case?
I feel like you're trying to checkmate me here... I'm waiting for this: "No, they are not! Because us international users are forced to buy the icon modifiers!"
Well, I like the icon modifiers (except the Windows logos!), so that's actually fine by me!
I think the best compromise for a set is to go for the "English (US), terminal style" keys added to the base kit
(1.25U left Shift, R4 <>, R3 \| and (at least) one vertical Enter key); this allows proper and complete support for one national layout (English (US), over an ISO, ANSI or ANSISO keyboard) and avoids the "backslash-pipe duplication" some people dislike.
Aditionally, an optional kit can add the necessary keys to support English (UK) over ISO, if there are indeed enough British users interested in the set (or, for that matter, do a Norde or a Norde UK kit, etc.).
The main thing is to not fall into the trap of supporting
only English (US) over ANSI + English (UK) over ISO (or worse, only partial support for the latter).