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Eumir Gaspar
Thicc thocc click clack: Diving into the history and science of the keyboard
🕓 2:20 pm - 3:05 pm📍 Room 4 - Cygnet room (Lv 2)Have you ever wondered why most keyboards follow the QWERTY layout? Why the shift key is called the shift key?
Have you also wondered why your coworker uses a different layout than QWERTY? What's the science behind DVORAK? or COLEMAK?
Why is their keyboard so noisy? What's a switch? Why are there so many options? Linear, tactile, noisy, silent?
What is a split keyboard, or an Alice, or a 60%, TKL? Why?!
If you have, this talk is for you. We shall start are journey to the very start (from the typewriter!) and end up to where keyboards are at in 2025! Split, low profile, etc.
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It’s such a privilege to be able to run this conference and DDD Perth would love to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land in which DDD is created, presented, and shared, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.