Because like I mentioned in my original post, when you press the Shift key, it's like you're shifting "up", because whatever is at the bottom of the key (1,2,3, 4 or '. Plus, even with the old-fashioned typewriter, the Shift key would have that upwards pointing arrow on it. Whoops, my mistake I had been looking at some other pics online of standard QWERTY keyboards, plus, I don't have the Razer Ornata Chroma Keyboard in front of me anymore. JulianKapa: You mentioned "My Razer keyboard doesn't have arrows on the shift keys". Here's one called the Logitech G910 that has the number/ symbol keys "normal": I took a look over at Logitech, and many of their gaming keyboards do the same thing.but not all. However, there might be something to all of this regarding gaming-type keyboards it may not be just Razer. And if it were true, then why did they make that their design, to locate the light/ LED at the top of the keycap and not the bottom? Because if this was deliberate by design (the light/ LED at the top of keycap), then they had to make that other adjustment to compensate for the light to shine through better, the adjustment of "flipping" all of the numbers/ symbols from the standard that has been around for years.Īnd not just the number/ symbol keys, because as I mentioned in my original post, it's other symbol keys, too: The semi-colon and colon ( the apostrophe and quotation mark (' ") the forward slash and question mark (/ ?). I've never pulled a cap off of a key so I don't know for sure if that's true. XCryptik: I think I hear what you're saying: That the light "bulb" (the LED) is located towards the top of the keycap? And that that's why Razer "flipped" the location of the numbers/ symbols on the keycap so the light shining through the keycap lights up the number better? Do I have that correct? But do any of you know why? Why the change in flipping/ inverting the symbol keys? And.what is meant by "most hardcore gamer's prefer how it is today"? I don't know why they said that, that they "can't get into the specifics", as if it's some closely guarded company secret. We can't get into the specifics but let's just say that most hardcore gamers prefer how it is today". Here's their reply: "Yes, this design is the same for all our gaming keyboards and laptops. I mentioned that Razer Tech Support's answer was not exactly enlightening when I asked them about this, as to why their keyboards are this way (and not just the Ornata Chroma, but their other keyboards as well). "older", and I've been using a keyboard before computers were even a thing, as I've even used a typewriter back in the day The way I've described number/ symbol keys has been the way it's been for a WHILE, decades & decades. With the example I gave, you want the money/ dollar symbol, so you should be shifting up to it: the 4 should be at the bottom of the key, and the $ symbol should be at the top. Because, as you'll notice, the Shift key has a symbol on it, the symbol of an upwards pointing arrowhead, meaning: You're shifting Up. Let's say you want the money/ dollar symbol, so, you press the Shift key and the "4" key, but you'll receive the "$" symbol. The way it's supposed to be is this: On the Number keys, for example, if you want the symbol on that key and not the number, you press the Shift key and then that "number", but, you'll receive the symbol. They've all been flipped from what a standard keyboard has had for years. With the Razer keyboard, it is flipped/ inverted.Īnd, this is not just true of the Number/ Symbol keys, but on any symbol key on the entire keyboard: the semi-colon and colon ( the apostrophe and quotation mark (' ") the forward slash and question mark (/ ?) etc. Here's a pic of the top row of numbers from a standard keyboard:Īnd here's the top row of numbers from the Razer keyboard:ĭo you see what I'm referring to? On a standard keyboard that has been around for YEARS, on the Number keys, the number itself is at the bottom of the key, and the symbol is at the top. However.they are flipped, or, inverted, as opposed to the standard keyboard style that has been around for decades. And even slowly and subtly hit me.Ībove the top row of letters (QWERTY.) where the numbers are, from left to right, 1, 2, 3.8, 9, 0, there are also the symbols on these keys: 1 is paired with ! 2 is paired with 3 is paired with #, and so on. This was not something that hit me.occurred to me until after the keyboard was physically in front of me and I started using it. What I'm about to describe was not something I originally caught when ordering it (I ordered it through, but even in the pics on their site, I did not catch this). I've already checked with Razer Tech Support on this, but, the answer they gave was not exactly enlightening perhaps one of you could shed some light on this