deskthority

7bit wrote: ↑These shipped today:
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Thank you very much, arrived two days later without any problems.

Now I'll have the chance to really test the different between the MX Brown and all the other easier to get stuff. Let's see if waiting payed of.

Anyways the application knows the context, the keyboard never does! There is quite a range of posibilites: The keyboard sends just a key number, the software (OS, programs) interprets what that means. The keyboard sends some code with some meaning, the software interprets this, with some default va...

I have the impression, that the big modifier keys are the wrong solution for the problem: Modifiers (Shift, Ctrl, Alt) are very important. But on standard keyboards they are partly at positions that are not very easy to access. On the other hand they are bigger than standard keys, which makes it eas...

I personally dispise the continued use of generic scan codes. So what you really want to ask for isn't unicode support, but support for an not yet existing set of universal and unified scancodes! Currently, the keyboard sends a scan code, that is translated to some meaning by the keyboard driver an...

My 2 cents. 1. Swap the left control and caps lock keys. Is extremely comfortable for the left pinky. And the cap locks is activated via palm press. 2. IMO, I find the Filco Minila function keys a very smart layout. 6. Enter key under space bar. It will be reached with the thumbs. I never tried thi...

I sometimes think, keyboards should not be labeled at all, at least for people learning touch-typing and for people already safe touch-typists. Labeled keys are sometimes tempting to look down, which slows one down.

For me, the biggest problem is the seperation of the pointing device and the text input device. I have an Eeepc 701, one of the first models. It has a quite small keyboard, and - that's the great thing about it - a trackpad, that is easily usable with the thumb. I love circular scrolling with it. O...

Rationale for this thread: I want to build my own keyboard. But when I already make that effort I want something that is at least reasonable better than what I get in a shop. Some things really annoy me with standard keyboards, like staggered rows, which has no reason to still exist except for lega...

Idea This thread is an attempt to collect all different ideas what could be changed to the better of current mainstream keyboards. Or asked in a provocant way: If we had no keyboards yet, how would a clever new design from the ground up look like? I'll try to collect not only the most popular ideas...