looks awful for ergonomics :/
Agree. Would be interested if horizontal rows. Still happy with my kinesis which I never look at.
Flux Keyboard
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#42This is interesting... but I can't help but think how much better it might be if instead of a video background just had a simpler e-ink display for indicating what the transparent key caps were for. The animation/videos are very distracting. I never liked the Apple TouchBar or anything that required "active" attention away from the main screen.
E-ink is extremely expensive, especially at the size of a keyboard like that. Memory LCD would be more practical, but at that point the lcd costs the same and offers more power for those who want it.
There isn't anything stopping you from making the entire screen black except for the legends, probably
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have a magnet in the pad of my left ring finger. This keyboard would likely be uncomfortable for me
Why do you have a magnet in your finger?
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have a magnet in the pad of my left ring finger. This keyboard would likely be uncomfortable for me
Why do you have a magnet in your finger?
One reason some people do this is so they can feel currents, and it's a cool party trick. But the real effect is spending the rest of your life explaining to people that you can't do something because you have magnets in your fingers.
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#45> Truly hot swappable 84-key keyframes to switch between tactile keys and linear keys in just 2.15 seconds. I think I love everything about that sentence. An easy-to-clean keyboard could definitely find its uses in dirty environments. Even if the screen is glass, the keys should protect it pretty well. Depending on how scratch-resistant they are. For CNC, being able to customize the keyboard seems really useful. It's…
There are upsides to the “not a display” approach: it means the display isn’t being driven by the host, so it’s going to be consistent even when your system is under load. I’m sure that was the original rationale for putting in its own ARM chip. I feel like they could totally add a pass-through mode, flip a switch to make it a display for the system to drive.
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#46looks awful for ergonomics :/
yeah, came here to say something similar. It looks super cool and the features, wow... but unfortunately when I don't use an ergonomic keyboard (my Microsoft Sculpt has been with me for 10 years), pain starts pretty much instantly. If they ever release a more ergonomic version that would be interesting!
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#47Am I the only person who wants a Thinkpad type trackpad-button in the middle of the keyboard so I don't have to move over to the mouse or trackpad?
Or capacitance enabled keys so brushing across them performs touch input.
Do you know of an example of this? I would assume this would be a terrible experience.
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#48Am I the only person who wants a Thinkpad type trackpad-button in the middle of the keyboard so I don't have to move over to the mouse or trackpad?
i just want a trackpoint on every keyboard in general
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#49Am I the only person who wants a Thinkpad type trackpad-button in the middle of the keyboard so I don't have to move over to the mouse or trackpad?
https://tex.com.tw/ if you want to shell out a decent wad of cash, you can get one of these. I want one but $200 seems a bit much!
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#50This is interesting... but I can't help but think how much better it might be if instead of a video background just had a simpler e-ink display for indicating what the transparent key caps were for. The animation/videos are very distracting. I never liked the Apple TouchBar or anything that required "active" attention away from the main screen.
E-ink is extremely expensive, especially at the size of a keyboard like that. Memory LCD would be more practical, but at that point the lcd costs the same and offers more power for those who want it. There isn't anything stopping you from making the entire screen black except for the legends, probably
True dat. I recently made this for my home, as a once-a-day automatic newspaper deco thingie (ticking all the latest hype boxes: wrote a custom Rust driver for the EPD controller, and it's now also using the ChatGPT API to trim and style-transfer articles and headlines -- this and also various layout/typography improvements not yet in that album): https://imgur.com/a/PqkhdGd
$400+shipping for the display panel (a competitive price from the shop). Even at volume (which an enthusiast keyboard won't be) it's still very expensive.