When you press your left shift key and press q; you get a “Q”. Hold the right shift key and press q; you get a “Q”. Hold down both shift keys. Press q. You get… nothing? Uhhhh. It’s not the only key. However, not all the keys go dead. Bizarre.
Wolf is on the case. The problem seems to be specific to Apple’s recent USB keyboards (such as those in the MacBook Pro and included with the desktops). My Macally iceKey doesn’t exhibit this problem. It’s minor and people are unlikely to notice, but has this ever bitten you?
Old Macally iKEY USB on a 500 MHz TiBook with latest system software.
One shift: QWERTYUIOP{}|
Double shift: WETYIO{}|
Didn't do the rest of the keyboard.
Being an advanced hunt and peck keyboarder I doubt that any real world consequences of this would every arise.
Perfectionist Jobs is most probably sat on a mac with this little "issue" bugging him right now.
Very strange. My keyboard is a Microsoft "Wireless Natural Multimedia Keyboard" (that's a mouthful!):
~!#$%^&*()_+
WERTYUI{|
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CVN?