Keyboard key terminology
Jordan Mantha
mantha at ubuntu.com
Wed Apr 9 23:37:22 UTC 2008
Nick E. wrote:
> I believe that the term used should be* Enter*. *Return* is very outdated,
> and only the oldest keyboards that have *Enter* keys extended to where the *
> backslash* key is, with those tiny *backspace* keys use them. The term
> Enter is much more easy to understand.
I did a quick survey of my lab and I came up with 4 "Enter"s and 3
"Return"s. All of these were newish keyboards. The significant trend is
that all the Apple keyboards used "Return" and all the PC keyboards used
"Enter". Also note that *all* keyboards (even laptops) had the word on them.
I would think we could do a "Return or Enter" in a few key places but I
sticking close to upstream is a good idea.
-Jordan
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