I have spilled more than a little coffee on keyboards in my day. I’m not too proud to admit it. Usually, I let them dry out and they bounce back. But, recently, my old standby bit the dust in a coffee spill.
Now, I can be functional on my laptop’s keyboard if I have to be, but I’m most happy when I’ve got a full keyboard on my desk. I know it’s a goofy thing to love, but I love it.
So, I stopped by Walmart and grabbed the cheapest one I could find. Let me tell you how that worked out: It had a half-sized backspace key. Half sized. They tucked the backslash key up there beside it. So, mister big-fingers over here kept on typing a back slash when he wanted to delete a character. Then, when I went to delete that one, it’d just get worse. The spacing was all off. It was awful. I was frustrated by it every time I typed. Every time.
So, after a couple of weeks, I gave in. I stopped by Walmart again. I spent more time looking at my options. This time, I spent more than I wanted to (’cause I’m cheap), but I’m very, very happy with what I bought. The backspace key is the right shape. The number pad is normal. The space between the keys is right. I’m just saying, this is keyboard heaven.
So now, to use the modern vernacular, I’ve got ninety-nine problems, but the backspace key ain’t one.