On Dec 13, 2004, at 9:42, Jeroen van der Ham wrote:
[...] I have a powerbook and its keyboard does not say "option" on the 'alt' key. Instead it has some undeciferable figure on it that should mean "option". So I'm sorry I called it the 'alt' key, but I forgot the proper name at the time. ;-)
I have an older Danish keyboard (december 2001) and a new US keyboard (october 2004), they both spell out “alt” above the ⌥ glyph.
As far as I know the “option” wording is limited to online writings ;)
PS: Other noticeable differences: the ` is located to the left of the Z (there's a §/± key where it should be, which I've never used until now) and the return key is a slim vertical key that requires a lot of practice to hit and you always end up hitting the edge of the keyboard instead.
The new US keyboard I got with my G5 has the tall/big return key and ` placed to the left of z:
Except for the function keys (which I HATE! due to no spacing between them) it's actually identical to my older Danish keyboard -- I was under the impression that US keyboards had the small (one row) return (and one extra key to the right of the ]).
Maybe the difference is more with laptop versus external keyboard than US/Europe (or did I get a European version of the US keyboard?).