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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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      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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    2. 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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    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. 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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    6. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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      (Your job back in the day – and maybe still in some places – might have been to enter thousands of numbers on the keypad *per hour*. Small things like that added up.

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    7. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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      Today, if you ever press Cmd+A to type over a possibly maligned password after your fingers slip and you’re no longer sure, you are perpetuating this old gesture… but using a new shortcut.)

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    8. Eric Fischer‏ @enf 12 Feb 2019
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      All I can contribute is that Clear was in the Lisa keymap by July, 1981 https://archive.org/details/Lisa_Hardware_Reference_Manual_1981-07-07_Apple/page/n35 …pic.twitter.com/TDn7CcTA1G

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    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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      Even Sept 1980: https://guidebookgallery.org/articles/lisauserinterfacestandards …

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    10. Eric Fischer‏ @enf 12 Feb 2019
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      Nice find! (A shame again here that the text has been reset instead of preserving the exact original, though.) Interesting that CODE (later Option) got the top-left spot, not a place you would normally find a modifier key. Very weird to see ZXCU for Cut Paste Copy Undo

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      Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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      I probably have the original PDF somewhere, if you want me to grab it – at the time, it felt better to do it this way.

      8:15 PM - 12 Feb 2019
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        2. Eric Fischer‏ @enf 12 Feb 2019
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          Oh I didn't even realize that was your own site! But yes I'd be interested to see the scan if you find it

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        3. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 12 Feb 2019
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          In your mailbox.

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