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Offline Sandwich

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My wireless keyboard batteries just ran out, so I'm using the on-screen keyboard to post this (actually, I was until I realized that I had a perfectly good server with a wired keyboard sitting next to my main computer... :p).

Anyway, initially I loaded up the on-screen keyboard (start > progs > accessories > accessability in Win2k), and was surprised to see the 3d look of the buttons of years past replaced with a flatter, more functional version. And since I could have sworn that I had seen the 3d version pre-SP3, I was wondeirng if anyone with Win2k and SP1 or 2 could tell me what on-screen keyboard they have - 3d or flat?

Just curious...
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that is why i'll stick with the corded keyboards and mice..;)
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Offline Grey Wolf

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Hmm... Never even noticed that was there :p
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Offline Deepblue

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my keyboard is very flat looking.

 

Offline CP5670

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mine also looks pretty much 2D. (this is in ME)

 

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This is deffinitely one of your odder requests... 2d...XP...  
:nervous:
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Offline Taristin

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flat, but then again, I have SP4... so I'm no help
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Offline Unknown Target

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mine is a 2d one, I have WinXP with no servicepacks.

 

Offline Stealth

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Originally posted by Knight Templar
This is deffinitely one of your odder requests... 2d...XP...  
:nervous:


except that we're not talking about XP, we're talking 2k


yeah, mine is 2D also

 

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acting like a prick again I see... :doubt:
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Offline Admiral LSD

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This is what I get:



It looks like crap.

(Oh and I love the hint that pops up when you start this thing saying it's for "mobility-impaired" users. I'm using a desktop PC, does that mean I'm "mobility-impaired" too?)
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Offline Sandwich

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Originally posted by Admiral LSD
This is what I get:



It looks like crap.

(Oh and I love the hint that pops up when you start this thing saying it's for "mobility-impaired" users. I'm using a desktop PC, does that mean I'm "mobility-impaired" too?)


Yeah, that's the 2D one, same as in my Windows 2000 (sans annoying Fisher-Price border). IIRC the 3D one I remember looked like every key on the keyboard was a dialog box button from the Windows 3.1 era... :shudder:
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill

 

Offline Admiral LSD

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Originally posted by Sandwich
(sans annoying Fisher-Price border)


I normally prefer the Silver one myself but this one suits my current wallpaper and the 'Windows Classic' theme looks like ****. Plus I can't be bothered hunting out new skins because the vast majority of them look like **** too.
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Offline Kamikaze

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Originally posted by Admiral LSD
This is what I get:

http://www.westnet.com.au/gweber/oskb.jpg

It looks like crap.

(Oh and I love the hint that pops up when you start this thing saying it's for "mobility-impaired" users. I'm using a desktop PC, does that mean I'm "mobility-impaired" too?)


We now have proof that MS isn't as hypocritical as they seem! At least they use MS Paint to make their GUIs! ;)
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