Tuesday, 27 December 2011

A small example of why programmers can't do UI design


Wait a sec.

The first stack by pressing 0?




Sir Yobgod Ababua the Handless said...

xmodmap and little stickers to the rescue!

Maybe I should sell these "programmer friendly" keyboards that start with 0...

Andrew Doull said...

That reminds me: I need to write a post at some point about internationalisation issues.

Joseph said...

Oh man it's been nearly a decade since I worked with any serious language (C++, Pascal and VB) but I remember distinctly just starting everything at 1. My professors kept pointing out I was wasting a number, wasting space, etc...screw it. KISS.

Unknown said...

They already sell these "programmer firendly" keyboards that start with 0 on the left.
They are called "Hungarian keyboards".
I am using one at the moment.
Not sure about the exact reason for our keyboards being this way, but after reading this post i am pretty sure it has to do with our ancestors being good at (horseback-) archery.