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Marcin Wichary
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Marcin Wichary

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Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens  · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him

San Francisco, Calif.
Joined October 2009

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    1. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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      Marcin Wichary Retweeted Marijn van der Werf

      I believe Clear/⌧ key on the big Apple keyboard is a leftover from the times of professional uses of keypads. It’s a “deterministic correction key” – upon making a mistake while typing a number, it feels safer and quicker to just start the number from scratch…https://twitter.com/MarijnvdWerf/status/1095329642959888386 …

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      Marijn van der Werf @MarijnvdWerf
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      I just know that the key is on my Apple keyboard where a normal one would have a num lock key. Never had a clue what it's supposed to do.
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    2. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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      …rather than to figure out how to backspace the right amount of times – and possibly lose certainty and momentum.

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    3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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      I don’t know exactly when this idea originated. I see it clearly in the 1983 Lisa, although I think other computers before had the same concept – except with a different label.pic.twitter.com/RR1yGIULJG

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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      For example, the first popular PC spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3 treats Esc the same way – it clears the field – and for a while, Esc was much closer to the keypad, too.pic.twitter.com/QthKypxeCK

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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      (And, many external keypads offered Esc alongside Backspace.)pic.twitter.com/mfDYopqowz

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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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      Today, indeed it feels the Numbers app treats Clear and Backspace and Delete as equivalent. Not sure about Excel. As @rsms mentioned, Calculator still makes the old-school distinction between Clear and Backspace/Delete.

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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      I know some specific apps like Maestro handled them differently, too: Backspace/Delete meaning “remove object and space it occupies” and Clear meaning “delete but leave space intact.” But this is probably on its way out already, too, given that most keyboards lack that key.

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    8. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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      Clear feels today just a leftover reminder that keyboards used to be Professional Devices For Professionals – the same way not so long ago even MacBook/PowerBook keyboards still distinguished between Return and Enter. But that’s a whole different story. :·)

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    9. Konrad Kołakowski‏ @vashpan 12 Feb 2019
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      For now it’s still there, on the current larger Magic Keyboard 🙂

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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      Likely through inertia than anything else, though?

      9:36 AM - 12 Feb 2019
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        1. Konrad Kołakowski‏ @vashpan 12 Feb 2019
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          For sure, as you said it’s unique use is currently rather limited. I use it sometimes in Calculator, although I had to “discover” what it’s doing by myself, it’s so ancient 😉

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