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<blockquote data-quote="technologist" data-source="post: 466061" data-attributes="member: 4134"><p>The big problem with that is space...there's only so much room in the menus and on the keyboard.</p><p></p><p>Apple could always solve this the way Microsoft did...use meaningless abbreviations like ESC, ALT and CTRL instead.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Swedish_Campground.txt" target="_blank">http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Swedish_Campground.txt</a></p><p></p><p>Most of the other symbols are also very carefully conceived. The ^ for "control" goes back to the teletype days, and is well established on Unix. The Option symbol is a circuit symbol for a microswitch. The open-arrow for Shift is actually common on PC keyboards, but absent on most Mac keyboards. The return-key symbol is a carryover from the typewriters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="technologist, post: 466061, member: 4134"] The big problem with that is space...there's only so much room in the menus and on the keyboard. Apple could always solve this the way Microsoft did...use meaningless abbreviations like ESC, ALT and CTRL instead. [url]http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Swedish_Campground.txt[/url] Most of the other symbols are also very carefully conceived. The ^ for "control" goes back to the teletype days, and is well established on Unix. The Option symbol is a circuit symbol for a microswitch. The open-arrow for Shift is actually common on PC keyboards, but absent on most Mac keyboards. The return-key symbol is a carryover from the typewriters. [/QUOTE]
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