Michael Everson wrote:

>
> 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

No, obviously, you have all the answers.

> 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.

"Suitable" is not "ideal." It's "faute de mieux" at best.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...