I like the swappable modules idea. If it would support Linux, and was hackable I miight consider it (no mention of open source).
Flux Keyboard
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#52I prefer blank keycaps. Better for posture and focus to not be looking at your keyboard all the time. Also, maintaining the need to see your keys clearly puts arbitrary limits on tent angle. I would appreciate something which could understand both my keyboard firmware and whichever app has focus, and summon a hotkey helper on screen which mirrored my key layout.
Not to be pedantic, but in the “Easy Maintenance” clip you can see the keycaps are in fact blank
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#53This 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.
I think it'd be much better if they just had a simple e-ink display for showing what the transparent key caps are for. That way, you don't have to deal with any distracting animations or videos, and you can just focus on getting your work done.
And yeah, I totally get what you mean about the Apple TouchBar and stuff like that. It might look cool, but it's just another thing that takes your attention away from the main screen. We need interfaces that are designed to help us be more productive, not ones that are just flashy and distracting.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
I used a blank DAS to learn to touchtype. I now use a non-blank Kinesis Advantage2, but it has qwerty keycaps while all my devices are colemak so it has a similar effect to blank with the added bonus of confusing other people even more because the keycaps don’t match what is typed.
Ha, awesome. It makes me want to get some keycaps in some obscure language like klingon, just to mess with people.
I ended up going with blank but I did consider getting "Linear A" keycaps https://shop.keyboard.io/products/linear-a-keycaps-m100 for my Keyboardio Model 100.
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#55Surprising this toy doesn't exist yet. People will use(buy) it. 450$... fine, it is an expensive toy after all.
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#56Am 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?
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...
And you also probably know that it is also possible to build one yourself: https://github.com/rampadc/arduino-thinkpadkb-usb
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#57This 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.
I was thinking e-Ink too, it would allow the keyboard to be made wireless and have a respectable battery life of at least a week or two if not much longer.
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#58This 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 was the very first thing I thought of. Less power use, less glare, less distraction. Heck, I have the Logitech K800 Wireless Illuminated Keyboard and it hurts my eyes when the room is not brightly lit (unlike my Mac Book Pro's backlit keyboard which does it right).
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#59>How much will it cost? >The keyboard will cost between US$299 - $350 after discounts for pre-orders with a retail price of US$450. That's... not as high as I thought it might be, considering how expensive mechanical keyboards can get and how esoteric of a product this is.
> considering how expensive mechanical keyboards can get
I would claim that there’s nothing expensive about mechanical keyboards, there’s healthy profit margins, and passionate people.
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#60Would the mechanics of those switches be any good?