Unicomp does it again (Large-print keycaps)

[bhtooefr]

http://pckeyboard.com/page/FeaturedProducts/UWZBP4A



Excuse me while I throw up in my mouth a little.

[Broadmonkey]

I guess it's marked at weak sighted and old people. I can't really see who else would be their targeted group.

[matt3o]

would you please note icon/text alignment of left and right shift...

[Broadmonkey]

... and Ctrl!

[snoopy]

the target audience that used buckling spring keyboards back in the day gets older...

[Muirium]

Sadly so. But can't they touch-type by now?

I like numpad Enter. Or rather

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Vertically printed legends are dangerously close to being dopey no matter how good they are. (Dumb with our horizontal writing system, but they make sense for Japanese etc. of course.) This one's reaching for the stars of ugh!

[Broadmonkey]

Sadly the biggest misunderstanding in this community is that everybody can touch type!

[Ekaros]

Sadly the biggest misunderstanding in this community is that everybody can touch type!

Yeah, I never got the backlight... I mean they keyboards still have marks for the home position and they aren't that hard to lose on desk...

[snoopy]

This thing will look awesome on someones desk next to this:

[Muirium]

Sadly the biggest misunderstanding in this community is that everybody can touch type!

Not everyone. But surely a very significant overlap with those who still demand a Model M in this day and age. Do hunt and peckers really care about their keyboard?

[bhtooefr]

Actually, my mom could've used this keyboard, but this really is a bad implementation. That's my main problem with it.

(She would often have her face inches from a Model M looking for keys.)

[nathanscribe]

There are several high-visibility and large-print keyboards available and they are indeed aimed at the visually impaired. This is not pretty by a long shot, but it's not the worst one out there. I think the biggest problem with it is the high contrast black-on-white scheme - most of the visually impaired I've worked with preferred a dark background and vivid but non-white text colour.

[scottc]

I know that this is probably intended for people who have reduced eyesight, but I can't help but think of this:

[grave00]

PU and PD are really strutting their stuff.

[Ekaros]

Also why isn't the right alt next to the space, in spot where it should be?

[robo]

I suppose it's somehow fitting that a company devoted solely to keeping alive a 1980's keyboard also has the industrial design prowess of (much of) the 1980's personal computer industry...

[davkol]

derp

[Grond]

I guess it's marked at weak sighted

Of course it is. If you're not blind, you're going to turn blind by just having this keyboard on your desk.

[davkol]

derp

[Grond]

I still believe they COULD improve. They own a unique technology, the original machinery, and the legacy of the best known pc keyboard ever. I can't hepl but thinking they could innovate their products in a way that does not seem like a desperate attempt to appeal a niche of the niche market without any effort. And anyway, not even a keyboard for the vision impaired deserves to be that ugly.

[Muirium]

Unfortunately, I get the impression that Unicomp is a small company terrified that it will only get smaller as its clients move on.

Innovation is the way out of their hole. But a risk is a risk. They're probably just going to glide in a death spiral, convinced it's the most responsible thing to do.

[bhtooefr]

You guys, I saw this thing at Goodwill:



I think it might actually look better than the Unicomp abomination. Just.

[Muirium]

Those tiny shifted symbols are just cruel. Make the numbers smaller instead: it's already got a numpad for goodness sake! Also yellow…

Actually, I sense a sadist at work.

[1391401]

[lally]

This but no TKL. *sigh*

[Miko]

bhtooefr:

Oh, a classic, non-iso enter. Sweet.


@lally: At the End of the year they are promising a TKL. The marketing geniuses It was announced this on April the 1st (but it was dated with 2nd). However they insist it is not a Aprils fools. Recently somebody over at Reddit posted some mail exchange stating they are serious.