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Title: Best looking key on a keyboard?
Post by: HaiiYaa on Mon, 04 July 2011, 18:59:02

For me its the enter

(http://www.indoarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/digital-design-enter-key-doorbell.jpg)

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Post by: SecrtAgentMan on Mon, 04 July 2011, 19:00:03

(http://www.bytelove.com/images/uploads/Gadgets/gadgets/anykey.jpg)

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Post by: daerid on Mon, 04 July 2011, 19:12:07

Ugh... J enter key makes me nauseous. They're all pretty much the same to me, but I've always had a thing for the escape key. It's all solitary like a bad-ass.

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Post by: Astounding on Mon, 04 July 2011, 19:31:03

Quote from: HaiiYaa;373414

For me its the enter

Show Image

(http://www.indoarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/digital-design-enter-key-doorbell.jpg)

J enter my eyes are burning

Title: Best looking key on a keyboard?
Post by: Astounding on Mon, 04 July 2011, 19:31:45

Tilde is my favorite.

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Post by: Hak Foo on Mon, 04 July 2011, 19:38:24

RunStop.

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Post by: IvanIvanovich on Mon, 04 July 2011, 19:38:36

End.

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Post by: HaiiYaa on Mon, 04 July 2011, 19:42:41

Quote from: Hak Foo;373439

RunStop.

How does a runstop key look like?

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Post by: TacticalCoder on Mon, 04 July 2011, 20:21:25

I like my "Copy    Play   Test"   key  (it's a regularly-sized key that I found on an IBM terminal board).   Lots of funny keys on them terminal boards : )

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Post by: theferenc on Mon, 04 July 2011, 20:31:28

Rule Home on the face, upwards diagonal arrow on the front of the home key in the middle of the arrow keys on my 1397000.

The "Jump" key is pretty nice, too. I also have a key that has <, >, |, \ all on it.

And my escape is to the left of the 1 key, not all by itself. By default it's on the numpad where numlock usually is on this keyboard, though.

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Post by: bhtooefr on Mon, 04 July 2011, 20:43:20

PF16 on a 6110345.

The alternate legend is + Click.

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Post by: xargos on Mon, 04 July 2011, 20:44:58

Quote from: Astounding;373433

J enter my eyes are burning

 
Are you kidding?  That's probably my favorite.  

When a keyboard only has a typical enter key, though, I'd probably go for tab.  With the arrows pointing in opposite directions it has a certain sense of ambivalence about it.

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Post by: REVENGE on Mon, 04 July 2011, 21:10:58

Help(Hex), Play(Test), blue SetUp, any of those terminal keys are pretty cool. Of course, there's always the OMNI key vs. Home(Rule), FIGHT!

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Post by: False_Dmitry_II on Mon, 04 July 2011, 21:17:53

I guess I'm one of the few that doesn't care if it's a j or ansi enter. I also don't care if it's a small or large backspace.

But I do find the iso enter on those POS boards with clears pretty annoying.

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Post by: RiGS on Mon, 04 July 2011, 21:18:03

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=19469&d=1308791249)

No doubt

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Post by: Tony on Mon, 04 July 2011, 21:35:14

(http://www.upl.co/uploads/sexykeyboard.jpg)

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Post by: SecrtAgentMan on Mon, 04 July 2011, 21:45:16

Dats wun sexay keyboard ^

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Post by: eyesnine on Mon, 04 July 2011, 21:49:43

I think that ISO Enters are standard on POS keyboards because it makes them more accessible when using the navigation keys. For me, that's the reason why I don't mind ISO enters on full size keyboards. Following that reasoning - on a Poker/HHKB/mini keyboard with no (dedicated) navigation keys an ISO enter would be a bad idea.

I suppose J Enters are the best of both worlds, at the expense of having a giant ugly unwieldy key on your keyboard.

ISO Enter is a fine looking key. ANSI \ | is nice too, but I suppose you can't have both.

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Post by: Hak Foo on Tue, 05 July 2011, 01:09:37

Quote from: HaiiYaa;373443

How does a runstop key look like?

 
RunStop is a key on commodore machines (VIC 20, 64, 128, probably most PET/CBM machines).

It says, literally
RUN
STOP

If you push it alone, it emits a break,  Shifted, it echoes a command to load and execute (from tape on a VIC or most 64s, from disc on the portable SX-64 with no tape unit option)

Eyesnine:  I want one of those |\ keys with the won symbol instead of backslash, both as a novelty and as a nod to a mild case of Koreaphilia.

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Post by: Daniel Beaver on Tue, 05 July 2011, 08:00:13

(http://elitekeyboards.com/proddata/images/th/hhredesc_iso1000_th620x400.jpg)

Obviously.

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Post by: domin8r on Tue, 05 July 2011, 09:08:41

(http://www.domin8r.com/random_stuff/decepticon.jpg)

Lovin' it

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Post by: scribble on Tue, 05 July 2011, 14:46:16

definitely going to go with the X key... otherwise, my chatroom scandals wouldn't be possible

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Post by: aggiejy on Tue, 05 July 2011, 15:29:29

Not sure why, but I really love this * key from the doubleshot group buy.  I have a tenkeyless so no proper place for it.  Decided to put it up top.  My dedicated getcloudapp.com upload button.

(http://f.cl.ly/items/0V0k3o3x0Q3J072h3h2V/key.png)

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Post by: Magna224 on Tue, 05 July 2011, 15:50:38

The quake key on my G80

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Post by: Mazora on Tue, 05 July 2011, 15:54:48

about the red esc key: me too, I love to hate this key, always slamming/spamming it real hard

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Post by: mr_a500 on Tue, 05 July 2011, 16:16:21

Quote from: daerid;373427

Ugh... J enter key makes me nauseous. They're all pretty much the same to me, but I've always had a thing for the escape key. It's all solitary like a bad-ass.

Does this make you nauseous?
[ATTACH=CONFIG]20079[/ATTACH]

I like the J enter key, but not the fat ass one. It's got to be sleek, like this:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]20080[/ATTACH]

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Post by: hemflit on Tue, 05 July 2011, 16:41:23

Quote from: HaiiYaa;373443

How does a runstop key look like?

[ATTACH=CONFIG]20081[/ATTACH]

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Post by: audioave10 on Tue, 05 July 2011, 17:04:26

I always wanted one of these...

(http://elitekeyboards.com/proddata/images/th/cf5f_sku_3blk_iso1000_th620x400.jpg)

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Post by: RiGS on Tue, 05 July 2011, 17:58:11

Vintage porn is better as well.

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Post by: nathanscribe on Tue, 05 July 2011, 19:36:55

Quote from: lysol;373440

End.

If only.

Personally I like inappropiately proportioned non-bar space keys.

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Post by: Touch_It on Tue, 05 July 2011, 22:21:22

jump key. ( no pic :(

or enter keys that say return

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Post by: hemflit on Wed, 06 July 2011, 07:01:11

Quote from: Touch_It;374262

or enter keys that say return

Splutter splutter! They're Carriage Return keys! Commonly mislabelled "Enter".

Title: Best looking key on a keyboard?
Post by: ch_123 on Wed, 06 July 2011, 07:05:50

That particular key on PC keyboards is both an Enter and a Return.

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Post by: The Solutor on Wed, 06 July 2011, 07:33:04

Quote from: ch_123;374481

That particular key on PC keyboards is both an Enter and a Return.

 
And newline...

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Post by: 7bit on Wed, 06 July 2011, 07:45:59

Quote from: The Solutor;374485

And newline...

 
And line feed ...

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Post by: microsoft windows on Wed, 06 July 2011, 07:53:42

(http://www.simplepctalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/windows_key.jpg)

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Post by: hemflit on Wed, 06 July 2011, 08:05:33

Actually, I have some appreciation for the various "gui" keys on modern keyboards as a contrast to Windows/Command. Like the "home" key on EEEpc's.

Title: Best looking key on a keyboard?
Post by: daerid on Wed, 06 July 2011, 10:34:40

Quote from: microsoft windows;374494

Show Image

(http://www.simplepctalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/windows_key.jpg)

I'll raise you one:  
(http://km.support.apple.com/library/APPLE/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/HT1216/Mac%20Command.png)

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Post by: mr_a500 on Sat, 09 July 2011, 11:11:19

Quote from: microsoft windows;374494

Show Image

(http://www.simplepctalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/windows_key.jpg)

 
No, that sucks. Here, this one is better:

(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/1909/commodorex.jpg)

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Post by: iMav on Sat, 09 July 2011, 11:53:43

Quote from: audioave10;373950

I always wanted one of these...

Show Image

(http://elitekeyboards.com/proddata/images/th/cf5f_sku_3blk_iso1000_th620x400.jpg)

 
How much would you be willing to pay for one?  :ear:

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Post by: ch_123 on Sun, 10 July 2011, 05:38:36

Quote from: The Solutor;374485

And newline...

 
Well, new line is Return + Line Feed. Some IBM terminal keyboards had Line Feed on the front face of the return keycap, but usually Return in IBM terminology referred to Carriage Return + Line Feed.