Comments on: What letter is used most often?

By: Misti

Misti — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:53:16 +0000

Edit: sorry, the two that didn’t show up in that last sentence there were my arrow brackets.

By: Misti

Misti — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:52:44 +0000

…There are ways to recover keyboards from coffee spills. I’ve done it, though it was admittedly a small spill to one side. (Prior to my laptop.)

Anyway, after 21 months with this laptop computer, E and C are gone (I think C went first). A, S, and D are almost gone. M is half missing, L has about 2/3 of it left, and N is starting to show some wear. Oh, and V is slightly shortened on the right side.

My are either gone or have a dot left, and my comma symbol has worn away to a period.

By: Gift of Green

Gift of Green — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:15:52 +0000

Get OUT! My N is almost gone too! What is up with that?

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:04:43 +0000

I use a “skin” (silicone cover) over my laptop keyboard so the keys are still shiny and new. The skin, on the other hand, is worn in lots of places; ERTIASDFJCVBN and the spacebar are all a little thinner and shinier than the rest. Prevents drinks from doing much damage, too.

By: Devil

Devil — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:21:00 +0000

your keyboards have letters?

By: Morgan

Morgan — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:02:48 +0000

My N is missing. My E and A are worn.

Maybe it depends on whether you type with the “right” fingers or not. I never use my pinky… I type by remembering where the keys are. I can do 50 words per minute, but I have to backspace a lot.

By: Dani

Dani — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:04:10 +0000

I have used my whiteout pen to replace them, but it doesn’t last very long for me.

Another idea: use an exacto knife to cut out the letters (file folder labels, or something)from ’sticker’ paper, then stick them on the keys.

I got the whiteout pen idea when I was learning Greek and needed the Greek Key markings on my keyboard for ease of use when in Greek typing mode.

By: Mariella

Mariella — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:57:48 +0000

Katina, thanks a lot for finding the book!

By: Ann G.

Ann G. — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:14:37 +0000

While I’m still thinking about this, my brother keeps recommending I get this holographic keyboard from thinkgeek.com. It would be a pain to run that from my laptop, but I’ve contemplated it for upstairs if I ever have that much money to spend on a keyboard…

They also sell a blank keyboard!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8193/

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/8396/

By: lisa

lisa — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:46:27 +0000

My keyboard is about 10 years old, the keys all stick, but all the letters are there. Weird, they must have used some different kind of ink back in the day.