The QWERTY layout is, I grant you, an illogical mess. I'm happy to hear your arguments that Dvorak is the one true way. Or that Colemak is several percent faster. But QWERTY is a standard now. Everyone uses it on their laptops and phones. It is used everywhere. Except, it turns out, streaming services. They [...]

I’ve written a blog post about the most important technological issue of our time - why every streaming service has its own weird keyboard.

  • the_poisoner@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Have to respectfully disagree on this. For typing purposes, QWERY is indeed better, but if you’re using a remote’s up-down-left-right buttons, I feel a-z feels more familiar.

    • JillyB@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I disagree. Gaming consoles typically have qwerty layout for on-screen typing with a D-pad. I still think it’s faster to input when I know where the letters are. With different services adopting different alphabetical layouts, I don’t quickly know where the letters are. Really, the best solution would be to make it an option. I always end up casting from my phone which allows me to use my phone’s keyboard.