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For those of you, looking for a keyboard with backspace right above the Enter key, look no further than on basically any European keyboard. We have tall Enter instead of wide one on american keyboards, so backspace it directly above it. It basically looks like that: https://i.imgur.com/OtPxJSF.png

You can find any number of different keyboards from different manufactures. I once had american keyboard with wide enter, and I don't want to return to it.

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While you're strictly and literally correct, I think you're missing the point. The vertical position of the Backspace/Delete key is still the same on US-ANSI and EU-ISO.

The advantage of the Unix layout is that it brings the Backspace/Delete key down a row, to be opposite the Tab key. That puts it within the main bank of keys, and within easier reach -- a definite benefit for such a frequently used key.

More to the point, I've usually found those double tall Enter keys to be a detriment because if you hit it on the bottom half like a regular Enter key sometimes it binds up and doesn't register.

It's a waste of space IMHO and I tend to shun any keyboard that uses it. Especially when it shoves the |\ key to some really inaccessible location, like to the right of the right shift key or obnoxiously puts it where the backspace key should be and makes backspace even harder to reach.

I've always wondered why Australia doesn't use the UK layout. Generally the same as the US one plus you gain two currency symbols that you wouldn't otherwise (without resorting to alt codes or whatever).

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