maybe I missed it in the article, though I read through it twice.. Why do this?
Because it's there.
433% Keyboard
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#42Is it just me or is the text on the webpage completely unreadable with that font and shadow effect?
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#43This could be useful for pair programming?
You might even be able to fit a whole octet of programmers around a keyboard of that size.
All working together casting arcane spells with the aid of the keyboard.
Dialects of programming languages so old and obscure that even Cthulhu himself would flinch at the sight upon such seeing.
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#44I'd love to try a keyboard where the keys are a bit wider and with a bit more space between them than normal. Probably bad but still, I'd like to try.
I have one where some keys are wider, and I like it. Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5050 (PP4-00001). The only downside is not being mechanical.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am not OP, but I moved to a 40% (44 key minivan) about a year ago, and I am using it as my daily driver at home and work. I find that the fact that I can reach every key on the board and barely move my hands has helped a lot. The other interesting notation is that I can put the mouse really, really close by. So the motion going from keyboard to mouse is greatly reduced. I find that my wrists are much better off wit…
What sort of WPM did you have on normal keyboards, and whta have you been able to train up to on your current one? I plateaued at roughly 35 WPM on Dvorak as a teenager and have been hesitant to commit to major layout changes since then, despite the ergonomic promises that a lot of them make.
You can keep the normal layout on a 40%, you just wouldn't have number/function/nav keys without layers
40% is not just plank, and I personally find the ergonomics of a plank board to be rather bad compared to staggered, unless it's split.
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#46So can you just bind arbitrary keys to arbitrary characters? Aren't there a limited number of codes (scan codes?) that the keyboard will send out?
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#47Is there a place a someone could go to buy something like this?
Tipro keyboards, designed for POS systems are similar. E.g. this one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digipos-Tipro-Black-Keyboard-MID-... Look out for PS2 and a hard requirement to program them via a real PS2 (not a USB emulated port). I've bought one (cherry switches sans keycaps), filled it with blank keycaps and now I need to put together some electronics to make it useful (it looks like it uses something like SPI int…
Yesssss, I'm waiting for one of these to show up:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/264811664552
Point-of-sale hardware is so much fun to play with, and there's so much of it out there!
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it an Atreus? How do you like that size of keyboard? I'm not too bothered about adopting some chords, but more interested in the general ergonomics / RSI risks.
I am not OP, but I moved to a 40% (44 key minivan) about a year ago, and I am using it as my daily driver at home and work. I find that the fact that I can reach every key on the board and barely move my hands has helped a lot. The other interesting notation is that I can put the mouse really, really close by. So the motion going from keyboard to mouse is greatly reduced. I find that my wrists are much better off wit…
That's helpful, I think the space and movement is definitely an issue w/ my RSI, but I have a feeling the chords might end up taking over if I swap out, but may give it a shot :)
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#49What was it that Dr. Malcolm said?
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
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#50Hate to be that person, but I'm surprised people like mech keyboards. I ordered one, hated it so much, I actually decided to return it. Too loud, too much force required to type. My ideal keyboard is the low-profile laptop keyboard, especially the thinkpad one, the one before chiclet keys became a fad.
There's certainly not just one type of mechanical keyboard. If noise is a problem, you likely had clicky switches or just a really noisy plate / keycaps. Yes, keycaps actually really determine a lot of the noise profile. XDA/DSA keycaps are pretty quiet.
Travel distance can also be adjusted, either with o-rings that are used as spacers (that also silence the switch), low profile switches (kailh has laptop-sized switches now) or simply finding a switch on which you wouldn't bottom out (either by making them heavier or by using tactiles with a light bump).
I have a 60% board with gateron yellows (mid-weight tier linear switches). Lubed and with double o-rings on the keycaps, it's one of the quietest keyboards I've ever owned, and the travel distance is very comfortable at about half of what these switches are intended to be (around 2mm).
If you're not much for building these things yourself and doing all the research, I can always recommend the HHKB.