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Neither the Institution of Civil Engineers :)

That was LA.

> some potential buyers were dubious of anything that wasn’t Microsoft Windows. They wanted students to learn an interface they’d be using for the rest of their lives

Haven’t found a screenshot of Sugar OS in the article, but I assume it’s not that different conceptually? Still files, apps, windows?

Any particular APIs you have in mind? I find App Engine’s ‘getting started’ examples quite sane while they are ‘hello world’.

But that's about copyright, not trademarks.

What’s wrong with either of those?

Have you also tried non-qwerty layouts, e.g. Norman? They may help with RSI as well.

Thanks for the references! I see that all three of the above favor split-hand design alongside with vertical staggering.

There used to be notebooks with slightly curved keyboards, can’t recall the vendor (HP? Dell?). I really wish Microsoft (and Apple) would re-set this trend.

Is vertical staggered the same as ortholinear? Haven’t encountered the term before.

Agree that default physical layout + qwerty as status quo is disappointing, though.

Given that decolonization ended more than 40 years ago, "the Europeans who have been plundering the continent for centuries" are either dead or retired. How is African countries reaching an agreement would be horrible to anyone, including them?

Otherwise you are subjective to survivorship bias: if people were silently quitting social media the ones who remain wouldn’t be aware there’s anything wrong with those social media.