At 16:20 -0400 2005-08-22, Peter T. Daniels wrote:

> > 48-keys is the standard now, I believe, except on older machines
>in America.
>
>I'm in America.

Even so.

> > Anyway, why not just try Apple's keyboard drivers and see for
>> yourself whether they are convenient?
>
>Because on the ones I tried, Ecological's are better. Much better.
>
>For _my_ purposes, i.e. inserting small amounts of text into an English
>document.

*sighs* Why discuss it at all, since you have All The Answers? All I
was saying is that Apple, currently, ships a number of QWERTY and
non-QWERTY keyboards for a number of scripts, including syllabic
scripts. They are made to a high specification and have been found
suitable for use by a range of users, native and non-native.
--
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com