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Or capacitance enabled keys so brushing across them performs touch input.
Do you know of an example of this? I would assume this would be a terrible experience.
Flux Keyboard
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#82I don't find the displays particularly interesting or useful on an entire keyboard.
What is interesting is they're using hall effect (magnetic) sensors, which have a vastly longer life than normal mechanical switches. That isn't new either, the Dreamcast had them way back in the day, and today Wooting sells keyboard with the same tech. This enables some very useful gaming features.
First, you can adjust the initial actuation point, so the keyboard registers a much lighter press, resulting in faster effective response times. Like Wooting, it goes all the way down to 0.1mm.
Second and probably more importantly, it supports rapid trigger, meaning the key instantly releases the instant you start to lift up your finger, and then it doesn't have a set actuation point so the key doesn't need to lift up most of the way before you can press it down again. This allows for much, MUCH more responsive controls which is a noticeable advantage in eSports games and some rapid-clicker games like Osu.
Thirdly and not very important at all, Wooting supports analog controls, so you can play driving games with your keyboard, or adjust your movement speed in a shooter. There are all kinds of issues with support in games, though, and it's unclear if the Flux supports it at all.
The problem with Wooting is it's expensive; the keyboard costs $175. These magnetic switches need to get down to a more reasonable pricepoint.
And the problem with the Flux keyboard is, well, it's even more expensive. Starts at $299 in the kickstarter phase, and will retail at $450.
I do find it encouraging to see more manufacturers using magnetic switches, and hope prices come down at the low end quickly. They're just plain better.
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#83Finally an evolution of the keyboard People hated on Apple for the touch bar, but this is the natural evolution of the keyboard, why stick to fixed physical keys when you can have them digitalized to be context aware The problem will be the price Mechanical keyboard market already is a scam where 90% of products are greatly overpriced, that will not encourage them to offer a reasonable price unfortunately EDIT: The k…
People didn't hate the touch bar because it had a screen. People hated it because capacitive touch sucks for keyboards.
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#84Am 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?
I would rather have a split keyboard with a trackpad in the middle
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#85I 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
the 3 modern higher end keyboard companies that attend to ergonomic concerns are, afaik,
- keyboard.io
- kinesis
- ergodox
and then there's maltron keyboards, a bit older-school.
I have a kinesis edge and a keyboard.io, I like the kinesis edge rgb variant. the keyboard.io is very hard for me.
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#86Am 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?
I would rather have a split keyboard with a trackpad in the middle
yes, or better yet a trackball
I did in fact find a keyboard like that online -- some noname brand, and the promise was good, but not the execution. A high quality version would be welcome.
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or capacitance enabled keys so brushing across them performs touch input.
Do you know of an example of this? I would assume this would be a terrible experience.
The "Click&Touch" keyboard did this.
I have one. Somewhere. Because the keys need to be as close as possible, it's less than ideal as a keyboard, and because even though the keys are right next to each other there are still gaps between the keys, it's less than ideal as a touchpad.
That's when it worked. It wasn't reliable for me.
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#88Earlier 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
Is "I have a magnet in my finger!" the new "I'm vegan!"?
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#89Am 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...
I did not. Thanks.
The only problem is that I use a split (ergo) keyboard :/
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#90Finally an evolution of the keyboard People hated on Apple for the touch bar, but this is the natural evolution of the keyboard, why stick to fixed physical keys when you can have them digitalized to be context aware The problem will be the price Mechanical keyboard market already is a scam where 90% of products are greatly overpriced, that will not encourage them to offer a reasonable price unfortunately EDIT: The k…
I actually suspect it's too cheap for what they are promising.