I would really like it if these fancypants keyboards came in a layout other than the crunch-all-your-fingers-together-in-the-middle-for-extra-RSI design that the keyboard nerds seem to adore
To be honest I'd settle for an ISO option!
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#182Jesus. This is the most tasteful, flexed out but not over the top landing page I’ve ever seen.
I love it. I’ve no use for something like this, but I’m in absolute awe at the design on display. Marvelous. I hope Apple or somebody makes this person obscenely wealthy.
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#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also that the keys are "maglev" Each key is magnetically suspended with rare earth magnets allowing them to be 97% transparent and ultra low friction. Each switch has 4mm of travel and will be available in linear and tactile variants. They also feature a software adjustable actuation point in 0.1mm increments and rapid trigger functionality through analog hall effect sensing. The keys contain magnets along their peri…
I have a magnet in the pad of my left ring finger. This keyboard would likely be uncomfortable for me
uncomfortable or not I would expect the keyboard might type a lot of extra "S"s when you use it.
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#184Is my decades long quest for a keyboard that can switch between space cadet lisp mode and APL finally coming to an end?? I hope so. Hyper super meta alpha!
You can have that today.
Rough outline to get you hacking: Run `setxkbmap -print | xkbcomp -xkb - -` and edit super/hyper/meta keys to your liking. Install result with `xkbcomp my-cool-layout.xkb $DISPLAY`.
IMO APL is best implemented as a new input method rather than a layout, add a new .mim file into /usr/share/m17n.
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#185At what point would the magnets lose their strength?
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#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same here :). But original Optimus has a screen in each key. This technically similar to a later design https://www.artlebedev.com/optimus/popularis/ . Which also had a single big LCD and transparent keys on top of it.
Elgato's Stream Deck is a more mainstream application of the same approach, with a single LCD under all of the keys. The Stream Deck isn't doing anything particularly exotic with its key mechanism, though (from what I can tell, there's a frame between the LCD and buttons with the actual contacts on it; no Hall-effect sensors or anything like that).
I have the midsized Stream Deck. The mushy feel of the keys is awful.
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#187As far as I know the "other times this has been tried" all have had individual displays (and controllers) in each key. The difference being that here there is just one panel under the whole board with most of the parts above the display being transparent. This approach should be far less complicated to build, more robust and cheaper. Honestly, I don't think I need an LCD in my keyboard but I'd quite like to have a go…
Looks like a nice use case for eink IMO, as I don't see the point of having video playing under my keys but having keycaps that can change depending on the context sounds nice.
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#188Why the fuck do i need video behind my keyboard?
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#189As a touch typist, I can usually adapt quickly to variations in the bottom row (Ctrl, Fn, Alt, super key). But I find it impossible to use a keyboard with undersized, asymmetrical Shift keys. Odd choice for a flexible keyboard.
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#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
You probably already know about this wired keyboard by Lenovo [0] that features the TrackPoint. [0] https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/accessories-and-software/keyb...
I did not. Thanks. The only problem is that I use a split (ergo) keyboard :/
https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/
I don’t use it and know little about the project, I just remembered that it’s a split keyboard with an optional trackpoint attachment.