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If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead

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Re: If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead

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Post by CarVac »

lexicality wrote: post #71

I don't really understand why people want such tiny keyboards. The most comfortable (and healthy!) way to type is to have your hands a shoulderwidth apart so you don't have to compress your arms. I used an ergodox infinity for a while which was fantastic in terms of back pain but terrible in terms of everything else. I currently use a Kinesis Advantage 1 which I'm tempted to dremel in half so I can get proper separat…

If your keyboard is angled outward then you can bend your elbows and still have your hands close together when typing.

Re: If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead

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Post by zenexer »

zenexer wrote: post #248
egypturnash wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera

I got the potential reference. I just don’t understand what’s being said here—is it a joke?

I figured it out. The commenter thought keyboard was referring to musical keyboards, which are not the subject of this post. In the future, please click the link before commenting.

Re: If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead

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Post by Wistar »

zenexer wrote: post #249
Wistar wrote: post #247

I did just that. I hired Darrell Fandrich to build it. He started with a 5'10" case and soundboard built in Guangzhou, China but discarded the soundboard. We chose a scale design by Lothar Schell and a Holy Grail stringing scale by Fandrich with strings custom wound for the scale by Mapes in Kentucky. The stringing scale included special Mapes aluminum strings that cover the first six notes above the point where the…

This article is about computer keyboards, not musical keyboards. What you’ve posted doesn’t make sense in the context of this topic.

Oh. It just said "keyboard you want." My mistake.

Re: If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead

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Post by zenexer »

Wistar wrote: post #253
zenexer wrote: post #249

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This article is about computer keyboards, not musical keyboards. What you’ve posted doesn’t make sense in the context of this topic.

Oh. It just said "keyboard you want." My mistake.

Did you click it? You’re supposed to click the link to view the article before commenting. There’s a very clear picture of the keyboard above-the-fold.

Re: If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead

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Post by grogenaut »

Aeolun wrote: post #246
peterburkimsher wrote: post #243

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shipping takes several months, and assumes I know the address in the destination before I set off. By the time a shipping container would arrive, I'd already have been there for 90 days, and need to leave again.

Ah, yeah, if you move every 90 days it may be a bit harder. I was thinking more about 1-2 yearish span.

actually every 90 days is perfect, get 2 sets of things and keep shipping them slow.

Re: If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead

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Post by baroffoos »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #112

My problem with such keyboard is that it assumes: - you will mostly work on the same place (or you accept the burden of traveling with your keyboard and be "that guy" when you set it up. Personally for the same hurdle, I prefer a secondary screen on the go) - you will mostly work on the same machine (or you have multiple keyboards, one for each machine, and if you are in a data center or tech support, you move with y…

Thats a long list of requirements and yet none of them apply to me as well as the other people I work with.

As a software developer I always use the same computer and I have never needed to type on someone else's computer

Re: If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead

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Post by hrgiger »

carapace wrote: post #230
hrgiger wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how difficult would be mouse functionality integration to both of them or there was such an attempt before, would be quite interesting to use those with double pointer.

IIRC there was a variation someone made with a small trackball under the thumb. I thought that was an interesting idea. You're talking about having two mice inputs? That's pretty cool.

Yes two mouse inputs, one per hand, if such a tool exist I could definitely try it!

Re: If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead

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Post by spear »

cnasc wrote: post #96
newman8r wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you been following the 'new Model F' keyboards? https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/ - it's cool to see how much interest there is in them.

Got to play with one of these (pre-production sample as I recall) at a meetup. Wonderful key feel, put in my order a few days later and have been patiently waiting since.

Ha, I ordered mine more than two years ago. However, it looks like the first orders have just started shipping!

If there's something that exemplifies the thread title, it's this project.

Re: If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead

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Post by m0zg »

IMO the most reasonable upgrade for 99.999% of "normal" people is just a plain $90 mechanical keyboard with Cherry switches. Any advantages of all this other stuff are pretty incremental unless you are really spending your days typing non-stop, which I'd wager is rare among software engineers.

Re: If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead

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Post by fzzzy »

jedimastert wrote: post #235
memn0nis wrote: post #221

Are mechanical keyboards that much "better" (I know this is subjective) than normal laptop keyboards (I have a macbook pro). I'm considering buying one but they are quite expensive...

I will prefix this by saynig that: 1) I'm typing this on a laptop now and don't feel the urge to throw up or whatever people say 2) I also have a wireless CherryMX keyboard that I keep in my backpack with me, I enjoy them that much. There are a couple of reasons that I think other people enjoy mechanical keyboards. First, there's the aesthetic aspect. There are so many options for key caps and bodies and all kinds of…

Heh, nobody is going to complain about MX Blues if there's a Model M two cubicles over.
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