Tiny Spacebar

The Spacebar, spanning 5 keys on Apple laptop keyboard.

Spacebar sticker Buy at amazon

[image source twitter SimoneGiertz ]

The Space bar, is huge, typically spanning 5 to 6 keys.

On Microsoft Keyboards, the spacebar span 5.5 keys.

On Logitech Non-Gaming Keyboards, the spacebar span 6 keys.

On older Keyboards up to 1990s, the spacebar span 7 to 9 keys!

Better design is to have many thumb keys in place of the spacebar.

Many modern keyboards now split the space into 2 or more keys.

Topre Realforce 89s keyboard 10th anniversary limited keyboard. 1631×1080 [image source https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=45011.0 ]

Tiny Spacebar on Japan Keyboards

Apple keyboard Japan. Notice the spacebar, span about only 3 key spaces. On Apple keyboard US layout, it spans 5 to 6.5, depending on model. [see Apple Keyboards ⌨]

VAIO laptop Japan keyboard [image source 2018-04-27 twitter shaun_kt]

Because Japanese doesn't use space character much, as a interesting consequence, on Japanese keyboards, the Space bar is tiny.

LOGICOOL Wireless Keyboard K270. (Logitech is branded as Logicool in Japan)

Japanese USB wired PC keyboard Buy at amazon

Japanese keyboard layout. image source

2014-02-14 thanks to Jaehyun Yeom for telling me that Korean do use space a lot.

Do We Need Long Spacebar?

Long spacebar a waste of space! It's that way because it was a lever on mechanical type writers, and the habit stuck.

It should be no more than 2 key's width. The rest space can be used for { Backspace , Return , Alt .}.

Book “practical typewriting”, dated 1990, on spacebar length. 〔source books.google.com 〕 [image source twitter mwichary, thanks to Marcin Wichary]

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