At this point in time Sun Type 3 and Sun Type 4 had good layouts. This then progressed onto another technical review of the keyboard in which Dr. TODO: Better translations for reasons with Meta and Function keys.
As a result of the Ctrl key also being swapped, it seemed harder to hit Del key in addition to the fact with the Sun Type 4 keyboard having the Backspace key above the Yen and bar (¥ |) keys.
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He later resented the idea of having number pads and arrow keys on the keyboard which further reinforced the idea of a more compact layout that is now only found on HHKB Professional2, HHKB Professional HG as well as early HHKB Professional and Lite variants.Īmongst the Ctrl key being swapped, the idea of having the Esc key is too far away on a normal keyboard which he disliked. This change was implemented on a "Alpha keyboard". The 'ls' command on UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems is equivalent to a directory listing (on DOS/Windows it is similar to the command 'dir'). In his paper he indicated and cross referenced for instance that when typing the 'ls' command, it is not similar to 'LS'. Wada proposed the idea of swapping the Caps Lock key with Ctrl key due to the very natured way of how UNIX treats case-sensitivity. Wada had contacts in PFU and so the journey of HHKB design began with the first technical review. Wada noticed the changes with each and every release of Sun workstation comes with a keyboard that has subtle changes in the layout along with the lack of standardisation with keyboards in general.
Wada is a Japanese computer pioneer as well as a emeritus professor at University of Tokyo whom suggested a compact/minimal keyboard layout for use on computers in favour of the various other keyboards that were commercially available at the time.ĭr. Happy Hacking Keyboard was co-developed by PFU and Dr. 7.1 The following information is available only in Japanese.
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