Author Topic: Best looking key on a keyboard? (Read 8390 times)

HaiiYaa · « **on:** Mon, 04 July 2011, 18:59:02 »

For me its the enter

SecrtAgentMan · « **Reply #1 on:** Mon, 04 July 2011, 19:00:03 »

daerid · « **Reply #2 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.

Astounding · « **Reply #3 on:** Mon, 04 July 2011, 19:31:03 »

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For me its the enter

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J enter my eyes are burning

Astounding · « **Reply #4 on:** Mon, 04 July 2011, 19:31:45 »

Tilde is my favorite.

Hak Foo · « **Reply #5 on:** Mon, 04 July 2011, 19:38:24 »

RunStop.

IvanIvanovich · « **Reply #6 on:** Mon, 04 July 2011, 19:38:36 »

HaiiYaa · « **Reply #7 on:** Mon, 04 July 2011, 19:42:41 »

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RunStop.

How does a runstop key look like?

TacticalCoder · « **Reply #8 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 : )

theferenc · « **Reply #9 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.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #10 on:** Mon, 04 July 2011, 20:43:20 »

PF16 on a 6110345.

The alternate legend is + Click.

xargos · « **Reply #11 on:** Mon, 04 July 2011, 20:44:58 »

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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.

REVENGE · « **Reply #12 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!

False_Dmitry_II · « **Reply #13 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.

RiGS · « **Reply #14 on:** Mon, 04 July 2011, 21:18:03 »

No doubt

Tony · « **Reply #15 on:** Mon, 04 July 2011, 21:35:14 »

SecrtAgentMan · « **Reply #16 on:** Mon, 04 July 2011, 21:45:16 »

Dats wun sexay keyboard ^

eyesnine · « **Reply #17 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.

Hak Foo · « **Reply #18 on:** Tue, 05 July 2011, 01:09:37 »

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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.

Daniel Beaver · « **Reply #19 on:** Tue, 05 July 2011, 08:00:13 »

Obviously.

domin8r · « **Reply #20 on:** Tue, 05 July 2011, 09:08:41 »

Lovin' it

scribble · « **Reply #21 on:** Tue, 05 July 2011, 14:46:16 »

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

aggiejy · « **Reply #22 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.

Magna224 · « **Reply #23 on:** Tue, 05 July 2011, 15:50:38 »

The quake key on my G80

Mazora · « **Reply #24 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

mr_a500 · « **Reply #25 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?
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I like the J enter key, but not the fat ass one. It's got to be sleek, like this:
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hemflit · « **Reply #26 on:** Tue, 05 July 2011, 16:41:23 »

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How does a runstop key look like?

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audioave10 · « **Reply #27 on:** Tue, 05 July 2011, 17:04:26 »

I always wanted one of these...

RiGS · « **Reply #28 on:** Tue, 05 July 2011, 17:58:11 »

Vintage porn is better as well.

nathanscribe · « **Reply #29 on:** Tue, 05 July 2011, 19:36:55 »

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End.

If only.

Personally I like inappropiately proportioned non-bar space keys.

Touch_It · « **Reply #30 on:** Tue, 05 July 2011, 22:21:22 »

jump key. ( no pic

or enter keys that say return

hemflit · « **Reply #31 on:** Wed, 06 July 2011, 07:01:11 »

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or enter keys that say return

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

ch_123 · « **Reply #32 on:** Wed, 06 July 2011, 07:05:50 »

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

The Solutor · « **Reply #33 on:** Wed, 06 July 2011, 07:33:04 »

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

And newline...

7bit · « **Reply #34 on:** Wed, 06 July 2011, 07:45:59 »

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And newline...

And line feed ...

microsoft windows · « **Reply #35 on:** Wed, 06 July 2011, 07:53:42 »

hemflit · « **Reply #36 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.

daerid · « **Reply #37 on:** Wed, 06 July 2011, 10:34:40 »

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I'll raise you one:

mr_a500 · « **Reply #38 on:** Sat, 09 July 2011, 11:11:19 »

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

iMav · « **Reply #39 on:** Sat, 09 July 2011, 11:53:43 »

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I always wanted one of these...

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

ch_123 · « **Reply #40 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.

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Author Topic: Best looking key on a keyboard? (Read 8390 times)