It doesn't make sense why we have to shift a key to obtain a symbol that we use more than the non shifted key (an example is the question mark). amirite?

+270 It doesn't make sense why we have to shift a key to obtain a symbol that we use more than the non shifted key (an example is the question mark). amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I dont know why, but that blew my mind.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

it's because programming requires this -> / like every other symbol

by Anonymous 12 years ago

When you're typing a web address you sometimes need the backslash (/) so that might be their logic; that it'd the the quickest way to do so. Then for the colon and semi-colon (;), if someone is writing an essay, they MIGHT use a colon once to make a list, but I find myself using a semi-colon in every other paragraph I type.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

And many years ago when the keyboard was being designed, they probably figured we would have to type in all of our websites character for character.

by Anonymous 12 years ago