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Looks normal, right? Look at your own keyboard... notice anything different? Okay, maybe you don't. But try actually typing on this and it all becomes far too apparent. The whole of the bottom row of letters (Z, X, C...) is one too far to the right. The Z should be below and between A and S, not S and D.
You're looking at a brand new Dell Vostro 1310, ordered the day after its released, and delivered on 30th April 2008 in the UK.
They keys are all there. Shift, \|, Z, X... its just that the left shift is too big, forcing everything over too far. The Z has to be between the A and S... look on ANY other keyboard and that's where it sits. This is not a US/UK layout issue, just a general monumental flaw.
UPDATE 1st May 2008 5pm: I phoned Dell for 20 minutes and they have confirmed that this affects all new Vostro 1310s in the UK. Oh dear!! They're hoping they can just replace the keyboards, though the guy on the phone said it was a 'motherboard' problem... I can't imagine that though.
UPDATE: 2nd May 2008 1:30pm - Kerry from Dell has informed me that Dell are working on a resolution for the issue. The official statement is as follows:
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A limited number of Vostro 1310 and
1510 in Europe have been sent out with the wrong keyboard
layout. We are working diligently to offer a solution to
impacted customers and correct the error. Once a solution
is in place, we will be contacting impacted customers
directly to both apologise and instruct them on next steps.
We are still investigating this issue and will come back
with more detailed information as soon as possible. We have
made a mistake here and will be acting as quickly as
possible to find a satisfactory solution for our customers.
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UPDATE 8th May: direct2dell.com/smallbusiness/archive/2008/05/08/europe-v...
UPDATE 9th May:
Okay, so they're sending out new keyboards. But it seems to me like a quick fix which is imperfect rather than applying the correct fix. Here's what I just posted to their blog:
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[Y]ou've gone and kept the large left shift key and moved the \| key
to the right of the row, rather than making the left shift key
smaller... why?
You mention it appearing on more systems here... I will have to take
your word for that, but all 6 keyboards I can see in front of me right
now have a small left shift key and the \| key to the left of the z.
Why reinvent the wheel? If there's a good ergonomic reason for this
choice then that's great, but I can just sense that I'm going to fit
this new keyboard into my laptop and be (a lot less, but still a
little) frustrated with it.
Here's the logic for why the |\ should be on the left not the right:
* Look at where a touch typists fingers little fingers sit
* Note the distance the little fingers have to travel to reach a shift key
* when we have a small left shift, the 'A' is only half a regular
sized key away from the shift key. A nice small distance to travel
* again with the small left left key, the big left shift key is
only half a regular sized key from the colon/semi-colon on which the
right little finger sits.
* however, if you apply the layout you suggest, the left shift key
is under half the right shift key
* ... but the left shift key is now one and a half keys away from
the semi-colon. The right little finger has a long distance to travel,
making reaching for it take longer and be more of a pain.
So there's a very convincing argument to go for the standard UK layout
with small left shift and \| on the left. What's the convincing
counter argument that lead you to your chosen design?
I'm presuming that what you've applied here is the cost-effective
quick-fix and that there is no other argument for your choice. I can
completely understand this choice given the circumstances, but I don't
think its going to work for me I'm afraid.
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['Ottovelo' commented I should just buy a Mac. I have removed his stupid Apple fanboy remark. Seriously... why not say but an Acer, Asus, Lenovo,, Samsung... and whilst we're on that, where's the delete key on a Mac? And why are " and @ in the wrong places on UK mac keyboards? Not as bad a design flaw as this, but utterly frustrating none the less.]
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DEAR murilo A, dgua, korobeiniki, jorgepinto, cliph, mentor972, ramobjesus, raphy, zolinovat and every other MAC FANBOY out there,
Thank you sooooo much for your kind advice in telling me to 'get a mac'. Its so awfully sweet of you to be so kind and helpful.
Yes, I have considered buying a mac before. My wife has a mac which I bought her, my dad also has a mac which I bought him.
I hate my wife's mac. It has a backspace button but no delete button. It has one mouse button and forces me to press a key with the button rather than having a right mouse button. The @ and " are in the wrong places for UK users. You can't make windows fullscreen. Its slow. It crashes when playing DVDs. We have to cover it up at night as its glow 'throbs' and doesn't let me get any sleep.
Also, this laptop cost me £650. A similarly spec'd mac would have cost £949 (and that's still not as good spec as this).
Lots of love,
Jake
PS: I've deleted a lot of your helpful 'buy a mac' comments from this page. If you want to advertise, go do it in your own space, not mine
PPS: If you fancy trying to convert me you can of course send me a Mac for free. Just don't be surprised if a video of me smashing it to bits appears on the Internet soon after.
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UPDATE 2nd May 11pm: For abyobe who's hacibg diffixulty ib ubderstabdibg just how ruvvish this laptop is with this dunv arse keyvoardm nayve tryibg to read this will help, I'n tryibg to spell this xorrextly ib that I'n puttibg ny fibgers where they bornally gom vut its hard for ne to realise whether or bot I'ce hit the xorrext keys as I xab varely read abythibg as I type it,
I'ce rexeiced ab enail fron Kelly at Dell to say she is sorry abd that its veibg dealt with etxm vut to ve hobest I'n bot too vothered right bow as I spebt all yesterday ibstallibg ZP ob it abyway as Cista xane preloaded, I wabted ZP origibally vut wheb selextibg that ob Dell's wevsite it said 'bot xonpativle with the ibtegrated wevxan' or sonethibg alobg those libes, Utter ruvvish - it ism works fibe ib ZP,
So tonorrow this laptop gets xobbexted up to ny three sxreeb setup abd ezterbal keyvoard abd nouse, Bo nore worries avout the keyvoard thebm abd I sinply await a replaxenebt or whatecer I guess,
Abywaym its veeb quite a fub day to hae ny 15 nibutes of fane, ny abger towards Dell has suvsidedm replaxed with ibxredulity that sone pepole really are stupid,,, too xlasses of people here:
- QA at Dell,,, why would you ecer release a keyvoard without typibg ob it first>
- Apple fabvoys,,, seriouslym ebgage your vraib vefore you speak
If abyobe's axtually read this whole thibg a nassice xobgratulatiobs to you!
Jake,
This is the newly modified layout (v2.0). I was struggling with the first iteration. It was very limiting being pushed against the wall. So I added some aisles along the walls and it complete changes the look and feel.
The switching layout is now pretty much finished. All areas are polished off and it’s a blast to operate. I’ve been quite happy with all the subtle details I’ve been able to model with this layout. It’s very fun to operate and I think really compliments whatever is running at the time!
It's about time I shared what I've been up to recently. This is my layout project which has been slowly coming along since the beginning of 2020..until recently. With the last lego show before I leave for college almost a month away, I've been cranking away at getting this great project done.
It should be mentioned that a decent number of my builds are hidden off camera, or at least have yet to be photographed and put online. Some make it to different platforms before others, but this is the first bigger reveal of this project and I'm excited to show you what it looks like when it's all done. I've been making so many buildings and models that I can't keep up with sharing them, so what you see in these photos will be shown in greater detail later on.
One of the big things the layout lacks however is a name for the village that it will be based around. The signal box sign says "Wickford", however I don't think this will be the final name. Any suggestions?
Many more photos to come. It's already looking spectacular and i can't wait until it's finished. Enjoy!
Primeiro de tudo, GustavoRoll não me mate meu bem dshfkdsghlfjkhsdl eu juro que eu tentei segurar o lay, mas o meu flickr tava as moscas, tadinho.
Enfim, o Gustavo me pediu pra fazer o lay de um site da Sel que ele vai abrir (não sei se ainda vai, mas enfim) e eu fiz com muuuito carinho e gostei tantooo *-*
Fiz no feriado (que por sinal, foi muito inspirado, fiz vários lays que eu gostei, mas ainda não posso mostrar).
So.. Comentem, que não mata welln.
Vê com zoom, fica melhor.
Layout do meu novo blog, diamond-creations.blogspot.com . Adorei mesmo, usei as cores e o png do anterior, mas mudei muita coisa. No player toca You Will Remember da Sel.
Something I might finish sometime in the future, or not. Inspired by the Whirlpool/AEG/Zanussi/whatever Warehouse in Alphen ad Rijn; www.google.com/maps/place/AEG+Nederland,+Vennootsweg+1,+2...
Shout-out to Eddy for helping to flesh out the track plan.
Hello all,
Sorry for the long silence, have been bussy with school/ exams and other things in life.
The layout hasn't chanced very much since the last post, I added some minor things but not very much.
Today I built up the layout in the living room to check if the tracks were smooth and if there were any other problems and afther some tests I started packing for the Noppenbahner event this weekend.
There are some small things that I need to improve so thats a nice task for tomorrow.
Enjoy the pictures!
A small event hosted at the NTM (Nederlands Transport Museum)
Our layout consisted of 3 modules, Tamàs, Ties and my yard. We also had some static display tables. All in all a fun layout at a fun event.
Next time I'll try to charge my trains before the event o,0
Also; check out Ties' film about the event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtgEQxUw01g
It's about time I shared what I've been up to recently. This is my layout project which has been slowly coming along since the beginning of 2020..until recently. With the last lego show before I leave for college almost a month away, I've been cranking away at getting this great project done.
It should be mentioned that a decent number of my builds are hidden off camera, or at least have yet to be photographed and put online. Some make it to different platforms before others, but this is the first bigger reveal of this project and I'm excited to show you what it looks like when it's all done. I've been making so many buildings and models that I can't keep up with sharing them, so what you see in these photos will be shown in greater detail later on.
One of the big things the layout lacks however is a name for the village that it will be based around. The signal box sign says "Wickford", however I don't think this will be the final name. Any suggestions?
Many more photos to come. It's already looking spectacular and i can't wait until it's finished. Enjoy!
IV Lift # 5 Lily
scrapflit of this work: www.flickr.com/photos/26496530@N06/4674274072/in/faves-47...
This is just a rough mock-up of what I'm hoping the layout will look like. I'm planning to change a lot more but will do after I receive my recent FxTrack order.
I know the trackwork looks messy and a bit cramped, but I am working with LEGO after all. It's hard to fit in everything you want on such a large scale. I'm hoping the platform will be longer when I shift back those points, and it will continue further around the bend.
After I finish the track laying, I think I'm going to start planning how I'm going to add lights, signals, and switch mechanisms.
Does anyone know anything about British train signals as to where and what I should be using on the layout? Please send me a Flickr message if you do!
A quick picture of my layout so far. I've been building a micropolis module every week so far this year. These new modules are being added to what I already have. This is probably about a quarter of the finished layout
The bluebrick plan we made for this layout. In the end we ended up flipping raised his module. This allowed better flow in the curves.
Completely scraplifted from Gigi Kennedy's layout which I found on the One Little Word blog. Her original post can be found here: gigikennedy.typepad.com/littlegi/2009/05/happy-birthday-o...
I have tried to take a photo a day using my iPhone. I'm feeling pretty good that I only missed one day. :) I'm using an app called Photo365. It reminds me every day to take a pic. Love that! I used one of Ali Edward's templates for this layout. It came together pretty quickly. Hoping I can keep this up throughout the year!
Monica
Na kachu, uma user pediu para eu fazer, então eu fiz. A foto dessa Sim é do koin-up, desse manolo aqui: www.koinup.com/Oversee/works/. (Desculpem, o meu fail foi esquecer de colocar os créditos pela foto então coloco aqui D:)
Obs.: Já tinha feito esse lay faz teeempo, mas decidi postar só agora '-'
At last I've a small space to set up as my railway layout. I'm as yet undecided as to be either fully 9V which ive initially gone with or go with the RC method as RC may form part of my loco builds in the future.
Now to start building trackside items and buildings, fun times :-D
A small event hosted at the NTM (Nederlands Transport Museum)
Our layout consisted of 3 modules, Tamàs, Ties and my yard. We also had some static display tables. All in all a fun layout at a fun event.
Next time I'll try to charge my trains before the event o,0
Also; check out Ties' film about the event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtgEQxUw01g
The switching layout is now pretty much finished. All areas are polished off and it’s a blast to operate. I’ve been quite happy with all the subtle details I’ve been able to model with this layout. It’s very fun to operate and I think really compliments whatever is running at the time!
A little bit more overview. On the left is UrbanErwin's goods shed, on the right is on of Martijn vd Linde's houses. So yes, only the middle part is actually mine ;)
The switching layout is now pretty much finished. All areas are polished off and it’s a blast to operate. I’ve been quite happy with all the subtle details I’ve been able to model with this layout. It’s very fun to operate and I think really compliments whatever is running at the time!
Fiz esse lay pro novo site da minha Tuuh diva, eu gostei até. Ali no retangulo cinza, é um slide. Comentem :D
The building is based on the train station building in Sanok, (Subcarpathia, Poland). It's based, but it's not an exact model of this one.
Sanok is a city of my childhood so I'm coming back here when I can. The layout is some kind of such specific journey.
The map of the complete project you can find here: www.flickr.com/photos/maciej_drwiega/6600113697/
Ver.2 of a railway layout around a brewery's internal railway. I built a mock up in real Lego of how big it would be and it's almost 4 foot in length.
The operation side of things is simple. There are three tracks, First is the track that goes from one end to the other. The train would push empty wagons in, and return with wagons full of barrels.
The second track is this one in the image. It's just a scenic piece where box wagons pretend to be unloaded.
The third is a siding just off to the left of this scene as a place to store wagons in-between use or store models for display and not use.
WEEK 10 – McDonald’s, Hwy 82/Raceway, Greenville, MS (I)
In this shot I’m standing adjacent to the restaurant’s right-side wall (as viewed from the front), and facing out to the front wall and windows which parallel Hwy 82. This shot hopefully gives you a better indication of what I was just saying about this McDonald’s feeling wider/roomier than most. The flip side of this is that there really isn’t much space in front of the order counter at all; unlike most McDonald’s, you basically walk through the front door, and the counter is immediately right there in your face. My unfamiliarity with this type of layout may be impacting my perception of it, as it’s possible that there’s the same amount of seating as normal, and it just feels different to me because of the way that it’s all in one area rather than split into two.
(c) 2020 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
The switching layout is now pretty much finished. All areas are polished off and it’s a blast to operate. I’ve been quite happy with all the subtle details I’ve been able to model with this layout. It’s very fun to operate and I think really compliments whatever is running at the time!
A small event hosted at the NTM (Nederlands Transport Museum)
Our layout consisted of 3 modules, Tamàs, Ties and my yard. We also had some static display tables. All in all a fun layout at a fun event.
Next time I'll try to charge my trains before the event o,0
Also; check out Ties' film about the event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtgEQxUw01g