I use an external keyboard. If you offered a display that can replace the location of the keyboard, you’ll have my business.
Framework announces AMD, new Intel gen, 16“ laptop and more
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Re: Framework announces AMD, new Intel gen, 16“ laptop and more
#472If this lets me get a split keyboard I will be all over this 16 inch model.
I very much much agree with this. Laptop keyboards are incredibly painful, and I can't use a laptop because of this.
a split keyboard would solve my issue and I'd definitely buy the laptop.
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Framework should beg Sensel for a blank touch surface...which you could press a couple of macro keys to entirely transform the surface with. users print out a custom layout to guide their fingers.../dream
Agreed, I'd kill for a modern version of the TouchStream LP. Comfiest and quietest keyboard I've ever used, with no elbow strain from reaching for a mouse/trackpad. They even had a product that could replace a MacBook keyboard. [1] That being said, the company was acquired by Apple and turned into the iPhone and iPod Touch. The keyboards were effectively museum pieces at that point. I wonder if the patent situation w…
I wonder how many people bought one - I absolutely loved mine. Typing was unfortunately a bit slower on it, but at least I had no pain!
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Maybe you mean an 85-key "75% keyboard". It's a popular request on the frame.work community discussion of "The keyboard". On keyboard layouts like Framework's, I still have trouble trying to touch-type the right control key with my ring finger-nail. I prefer a "75% keyboard" with an navigation/editing column which provides room for the right ctrl key further right. (And full size arrow keys. And makes shift-End easy…
I tend to favor left control, and right shift myself... discovered this using a KB where the up arrow was at the edge of the right shift, most annoying keyboard to type on ever... all of the sudden my typing is in the middle of already typed text. If typing while looking at something else, I'd see a garbled mess too often.
Do you have very large hands or a narrow keyboard? On a normal 85-key "75% keyboard", I cannot reach the up-arrow key with my pinky while the rest of my fingers are on the home keys.
I've had similar cursor problems with those keyboards that have page-up and page-dn next to the up-arrow key. Just a little finger displacement when trying to left-arrow and the cursor is suddenly inserting my subsequent typed text far from the intended location.
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I tend to favor left control, and right shift myself... discovered this using a KB where the up arrow was at the edge of the right shift, most annoying keyboard to type on ever... all of the sudden my typing is in the middle of already typed text. If typing while looking at something else, I'd see a garbled mess too often.
Do you have very large hands or a narrow keyboard? On a normal 85-key "75% keyboard", I cannot reach the up-arrow key with my pinky while the rest of my fingers are on the home keys. I've had similar cursor problems with those keyboards that have page-up and page-dn next to the up-arrow key. Just a little finger displacement when trying to left-arrow and the cursor is suddenly inserting my subsequent typed text far f…
The keyboard I'm referring to was small, like htpc use. My desktop uses a full keyboard and I've brought one with me for laptop use before.
And my hands are a little big. Not crazy big though.
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This is a confusing one to me, honestly. The act of giving birth is so closely tied to the genetic and biological definition of one's sex I'm not sure why it would fall into the same category of terms that can be offensive based on the gender one associates with.
It's more a matter of precision than offence. Trans men who give birth aside, there are lots of mothers who didn't give birth (adoptive mothers; lesbians whose partners give birth). 'Mothers' simply isn't the same category as 'people who have given birth'. Plus, if what you're talking about is the experience of pregnancy and giving birth, then it makes sense to focus on that, rather than on the much wider experience…
The dictionary definition[1] is female parent so I'm not actually sure that the term mother would be exclusive of adoptive parents or lesbians who's partner gives birth. But looking back at it this would likely exclude trans men who give birth so I may in fact need to extract my first comment.
We're 100% in agreement on the offense issue though. I don't get why anyone is offended by what someone else prefers to be called. Take the politics out of it and that's like being offended that someone says their name is Steve when you absolutely refuse to believe they are called anything other than Bill.
Re: Framework announces AMD, new Intel gen, 16“ laptop and more
#477Is there any news about a dark grey (space grey) option or a full matte black one?
Would love to see a full dark chassis for the 16" one.
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A standardised laptop GPU connector could be a game changer and would be a killer feature. There have been a few false starts in that space with MXM, but they never really took off. It’s often the first thing people upgrade on a desktop (it’s much more impactful than a RAM and CPU upgrade over the same timeframe), but is rarely an option for laptop users.
Is tb4 not up to the task? I see thunderbolt GPU enclosures by a few major manufacturers.
Not exactly portable
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Previous framework was 3:2, not 16:9 so there isn't a ridiculous amount of width. But yes, a vertical column of dedicated keys is a decent compromise that doesn't shift the keyboard over much. I had that on an older luggable.
You don't have to shift the keyboard over at all. That can stay centered and there's room for a 2x3 block of edit keys plus an inverted-T with full height up and down arrows. All it takes is willingness to be a leader instead of a follower copying one company's misguided minimalism-at-all-costs.
Interesting. Having two columns sounds like it could work pretty well, thanks for throwing out another alternative.
Re: Framework announces AMD, new Intel gen, 16“ laptop and more
#480I’m happy to answer questions that everyone has about what we announced! It may be a little while until I’m able to jump back on though.
As one of the QMK Firmware maintainers, it's great to see you're going ahead with the customisable side of things even on the input side. Might I suggest engaging with QMK early so that we can avoid the usual manufacturer "hey can you merge this, we've shipped already and forgot to raise the PR until now"?
We've actually already started contributing :)
https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/pulls?q=is%3Apr+sort%3Au...