Re: Bopomofo keyboards in Taiwan

At 21:55 +0100 2005-09-01, Andrew Dunbar wrote:

>Actually, Arabic keyboards are no more expensive at all. Perhaps in
>a country where there is a low demand and they need to be imported
>specially.

Like Liberia?

Suzanne has already noted that in Liberia, knowledge of Arabic is
pretty much related to the Qur'an, which makes it unlikely that Vais
will be comfortable with Arabic-language Windows interface. I could
be wrong, but I am sure the Arabic used in that interface isn't
Qur'anic.

>Calling a standard keyboard "QWERTY" isn't really helpful since it's
>only the keycaps which change, the most minor element of the
>hardware.

I say "QWERTY-based" and refer to the engraved keycaps.
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Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com