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Re: 433% Keyboard

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Post by myself248 »

ardy42 wrote: post #19
Vivtek wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even Latin, if you use enough languages with enough diacriticals. Or want to code in APL. Or use Greek letters when typing math.

> Even Latin, if you use enough languages with enough diacriticals. Or want to code in APL. Or use Greek letters when typing math. I've always wanted something like the space cadet keyboard with a couple of extra modifier keys vs. what's typically available today for typing unusual characters (and the keycaps for making that easy). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Space-ca...

That's pretty straightforward to DIY with the TMK firmware. Or even just with Autohotkey and your existing board; pick a key you don't use much (Caps Lock, right-Win, etc) and make it one of your meta keys.

Print your own keycap labels with Avery sheets for starters, and once you've got the layout nailed down, you can send off to have custom caps made by whatever process you like.

Re: 433% Keyboard

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Post by FreeFull »

ardy42 wrote: post #22
varbhat wrote: post #20

Why are there >3 rows of Fn keys ? Are they all different? Or Are they placed so to quickly access ?

> Why are there >3 rows of Fn keys ? Are they all different? Or Are they placed so to quickly access ? It looks like the creator just used whatever random keycaps he had. There are also duplicate arrow keys and duplicates from the navigation cluster (e.g. pgdown). The katakana(?) keys also look like they might be incomplete.

I know that at least Linux does support additional F keys beyond F12, since there used to be computers/keyboards that had them. I'm not sure how having more than 255 keys works out, though, I haven't looked into how USB HID handles it.

Re: 433% Keyboard

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Post by reb »

notRobot wrote: post #42

Is it just me or is the text on the webpage completely unreadable with that font and shadow effect?

Definitely not just you. Instant migraine trigger over here.

Re: 433% Keyboard

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Post by gpm »

codetrotter wrote: post #43
KajMagnus wrote: post #39

This 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.

This sounds like something that would fit right in in the average movie about programmers.

Re: 433% Keyboard

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Post by EForEndeavour »

sascha_sl wrote: post #45
EForEndeavour wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

That reminds me, I consider losing arrow keys a dealbreaker. I use them frequently enough to navigate both text and code in various contexts (except in Vim, which I don't use exclusively). I already hold modifiers to jump to next/prev word boundary, page, start/end of continuous data ranges in Excel, etc. Admittedly, I'd probably adapt, but I'm held back by the belief that any ergonomic advantages of moving to wasd or hjkl would be wiped out by reduction in speed and muscle memory for me.

Re: 433% Keyboard

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Post by JazzXP »

croddin wrote: post #36

If my math is right, a keyboard with every currently defined Unicode character would only be about 16 feet by 16 feet. Someone should make one.

Not quite that, but Tom Scott did an Emoji Keyboard that was spread across 3 or 4 keyboards.

Re: 433% Keyboard

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Post by dsr_ »

slim wrote: post #15
babo wrote: post #7

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You mean there is a need for this?

As a Tunisian (north africa) I write mixed texts containing both arabic and latin scripts. I have an azerty/arabic keyboard, arabic letters are on the same keys as latin letters so I constantly need to switch layout when I'm typing. A ~200ish keys keyboard would be Ideal for me. And i suppose it's the same for all non-latin keyboards

Have you considered having two keyboards plugged in at the same time, and switching between them according to your needs?
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