Entry no.: 207
12 Aug 2007, 10:58 PM
Tags: antidesign, Apple, criticism, MacBook Pro, typography
Comments: 6
Apple The missing tilde
Bug report
Problem ID: 5400784
Summary: TILDE and GRAVE ACCENT missing from Romanian keyboard of MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.4 GHz.
Expected Results: On TILDE key three signs should be present. On the left side should be engraved "`" GRAVE ACCENT and below "~" TILDE. On the right side Romanian letter "Î" LATIN LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX should be engraved.
Actual Results: On TILDE key is present only the Romanian letter "Î" LATIN LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX engraved in the center. No "~" TILDE nor "`" GRAVE ACCENT, were engraved.
Notes: The other keys containing Romanian letters are engraved correctly:
![Ă key contains "[" and "{" correctly, Â key contains "]" and "}" correctly, Ț key contains "\" and "|" correctly — Cristian Kit Paul, 2007.](http://kitblog.com/images/correct_romanian_aat_keys.JPG "Ă key contains "[" and "{" correctly, Â key contains "]" and "}" correctly, Ț key contains "\" and "|" correctly — Cristian Kit Paul, 2007.")
"Ă" key contains "[" LEFT SQUARE BRACKET and "{" LEFT CURLY BRACKET correctly, "Â" key contains "]" RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET and "}" RIGHT CURLY BRACKET correctly, "Ț" key contains "\" REVERSE SOLIDUS and "|" VERTICAL LINE correctly.
![Ș key contains "§" and "±" correctly — Cristian Kit Paul, 2007.](http://kitblog.com/images/correct_romanian_s_key.JPG "Ș key contains "§" and "±" correctly — Cristian Kit Paul, 2007.")
"Ș" key contains "§" SECTION SIGN and "±" PLUS-MINUS SIGN correctly.
The error is limited to the TILDE key. I'm not sure it is limited to the MacBook Pro, though.
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Stefan Romanu:
While not wanting to be malicious (it's not in my nature, really ;)), I can't help myself but notice the situational humor, that arises from the fact that a post, meant to be a bug report, has its pictures missing.
Had a good laugh. Thank you Kit. :)