on my long journey to find the perfect keyboard, I used various "Pro"
keyboards already.
I liked the IBM Model M. However, it was not really co-worker friendly ;).
Back in Germany I used a "IBM rapid access 3" which was nice. I always
use US or UK layouts since its easier to remember the position of the
few German Umlauts compared to the numerous changes in position for
special characters. Most programming languages target English and
hence, syntax is often optimised for English keyboard layouts.
For laptops I guess nothings beats the IBM Thinkpad keyboards. To my
horror Lenovo made changes to this now and I have no idea how the new
keyboard behaves.
I never got warm with the ergonomic keyboards. Don't know why just
don't feel comfortable.
There are all this "Hacker" and "Pro" advertised keyboards. But
serious, I learned long time ago that stuff which claims to be "Pro"
never really is "Pro".
Then there are those crazy expensive keyboards, you can split them,
they have cavities, many blinkelichter or whatever. However, until
now, I always had more useful things on my wish/duty-list rather then
spending $500 for a keyboard.
The keyboard and the display is what is in contact with us most of the
time. You can easily deal with a slow CPU, shitty HDD or ultra-cheap
motherboard. You can't/shouldn't make compromises on the keyboard and
display. I know selling arguments are running vice versa, but lets
assume we are all "pro" enough to know what really counts.
So my question to the list....
What is the REAL ultimate hacker keyboard? One which even after an 12
hour session does not leave you with a spinal meningitis (even by
using Emacs ;).
I am not sure about the *ultimate* hacker keyboard, but external (USB)
Thinkpad keyboards -- yes, external! -- are way cool and cheap. You do
not have to move your hands away from the keyboard to use the pointer.
And they are really good keyboards.
> On 10/29/2012 06:26 AM, Torsten Wagner wrote:
>> What is the REAL ultimate hacker keyboard?
> I am not sure about the *ultimate* hacker keyboard, but external (USB)
> Thinkpad keyboards -- yes, external! -- are way cool and cheap. You do
> not have to move your hands away from the keyboard to use the pointer.
> And they are really good keyboards.
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I used to use a Cherry Click keyboard, those are rather nice but also not
co-worker friendly.
I then started using mac mini keyboards, membrane, but I find them quite nice,
but obviously being mac keyboards the keymap is annoying on Linux, I
particularly hate installing weird keymaps on N machines and not having a # key
which is key I built my own keyboard controller:
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:26:07PM +0900, Torsten Wagner wrote:
> Hi,
> on my long journey to find the perfect keyboard, I used various "Pro"
> keyboards already.
> I liked the IBM Model M. However, it was not really co-worker friendly ;).
> Back in Germany I used a "IBM rapid access 3" which was nice. I always
> use US or UK layouts since its easier to remember the position of the
> few German Umlauts compared to the numerous changes in position for
> special characters. Most programming languages target English and
> hence, syntax is often optimised for English keyboard layouts.
> For laptops I guess nothings beats the IBM Thinkpad keyboards. To my
> horror Lenovo made changes to this now and I have no idea how the new
> keyboard behaves.
> I never got warm with the ergonomic keyboards. Don't know why just
> don't feel comfortable.
> There are all this "Hacker" and "Pro" advertised keyboards. But
> serious, I learned long time ago that stuff which claims to be "Pro"
> never really is "Pro".
> Then there are those crazy expensive keyboards, you can split them,
> they have cavities, many blinkelichter or whatever. However, until
> now, I always had more useful things on my wish/duty-list rather then
> spending $500 for a keyboard.
> The keyboard and the display is what is in contact with us most of the
> time. You can easily deal with a slow CPU, shitty HDD or ultra-cheap
> motherboard. You can't/shouldn't make compromises on the keyboard and
> display. I know selling arguments are running vice versa, but lets
> assume we are all "pro" enough to know what really counts.
> So my question to the list....
> What is the REAL ultimate hacker keyboard? One which even after an 12
> hour session does not leave you with a spinal meningitis (even by
> using Emacs ;).
> Totti
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I've been using the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro for a very long time now.
I've even had to repair and solder the internal flex PCB since it corroded
due to its age. It's an ergo keyboard but I like it because the keys are
clicky, but don't require too much pressure. The ergo design also feels more
natural than a straight keyboard. I purchased a Filco mechanical keyboard
before but I found that the keypresses required slightly more force than my
ergo keyboard and it eventually led to forearm strain. Also, the Filco
mechanical keyboard has a debouncing issue so that some keypresses register
multiple times. Really, really irritating. I seem to remember really liking
the old school IBM XT keyboards and the sound they made. Those things were
hefty and built to last.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tokyohackerspace@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:tokyohackerspace@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nava Whiteford
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 10:51 PM
> To: tokyohackerspace@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [THS:20811] Little survey: which keyboard is the "hacker"
> keyboard?
> I used to use a Cherry Click keyboard, those are rather nice but also not
> co-worker friendly.
> I then started using mac mini keyboards, membrane, but I find them quite
nice,
> but obviously being mac keyboards the keymap is annoying on Linux, I
> particularly hate installing weird keymaps on N machines and not having a
#
> key
> which is key I built my own keyboard controller:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:26:07PM +0900, Torsten Wagner wrote:
> > Hi,
> > on my long journey to find the perfect keyboard, I used various "Pro"
> > keyboards already.
> > I liked the IBM Model M. However, it was not really co-worker friendly
;).
> > Back in Germany I used a "IBM rapid access 3" which was nice. I always
> > use US or UK layouts since its easier to remember the position of the
> > few German Umlauts compared to the numerous changes in position for
> > special characters. Most programming languages target English and
> > hence, syntax is often optimised for English keyboard layouts.
> > For laptops I guess nothings beats the IBM Thinkpad keyboards. To my
> > horror Lenovo made changes to this now and I have no idea how the new
> > keyboard behaves.
> > I never got warm with the ergonomic keyboards. Don't know why just
> > don't feel comfortable.
> > There are all this "Hacker" and "Pro" advertised keyboards. But
> > serious, I learned long time ago that stuff which claims to be "Pro"
> > never really is "Pro".
> > Then there are those crazy expensive keyboards, you can split them,
> > they have cavities, many blinkelichter or whatever. However, until
> > now, I always had more useful things on my wish/duty-list rather then
> > spending $500 for a keyboard.
> > The keyboard and the display is what is in contact with us most of the
> > time. You can easily deal with a slow CPU, shitty HDD or ultra-cheap
> > motherboard. You can't/shouldn't make compromises on the keyboard and
> > display. I know selling arguments are running vice versa, but lets
> > assume we are all "pro" enough to know what really counts.
> > So my question to the list....
> > What is the REAL ultimate hacker keyboard? One which even after an 12
> > hour session does not leave you with a spinal meningitis (even by
> > using Emacs ;).
> > Totti
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Akiba <ch...@freaklabs.org> wrote:
> I've been using the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro for a very long time
> now.
> I've even had to repair and solder the internal flex PCB since it corroded
> due to its age. It's an ergo keyboard but I like it because the keys are
> clicky, but don't require too much pressure. The ergo design also feels
> more
> natural than a straight keyboard. I purchased a Filco mechanical keyboard
> before but I found that the keypresses required slightly more force than my
> ergo keyboard and it eventually led to forearm strain. Also, the Filco
> mechanical keyboard has a debouncing issue so that some keypresses register
> multiple times. Really, really irritating. I seem to remember really liking
> the old school IBM XT keyboards and the sound they made. Those things were
> hefty and built to last.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tokyohackerspace@googlegroups.com
> > [mailto:tokyohackerspace@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nava Whiteford
> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 10:51 PM
> > To: tokyohackerspace@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [THS:20811] Little survey: which keyboard is the "hacker"
> > keyboard?
> > I used to use a Cherry Click keyboard, those are rather nice but also not
> > co-worker friendly.
> > I then started using mac mini keyboards, membrane, but I find them quite
> nice,
> > but obviously being mac keyboards the keymap is annoying on Linux, I
> > particularly hate installing weird keymaps on N machines and not having a
> #
> > key
> > which is key I built my own keyboard controller:
> > Unfortunately these days, I mostly use laptops.
> > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:26:07PM +0900, Torsten Wagner wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > on my long journey to find the perfect keyboard, I used various "Pro"
> > > keyboards already.
> > > I liked the IBM Model M. However, it was not really co-worker friendly
> ;).
> > > Back in Germany I used a "IBM rapid access 3" which was nice. I always
> > > use US or UK layouts since its easier to remember the position of the
> > > few German Umlauts compared to the numerous changes in position for
> > > special characters. Most programming languages target English and
> > > hence, syntax is often optimised for English keyboard layouts.
> > > For laptops I guess nothings beats the IBM Thinkpad keyboards. To my
> > > horror Lenovo made changes to this now and I have no idea how the new
> > > keyboard behaves.
> > > I never got warm with the ergonomic keyboards. Don't know why just
> > > don't feel comfortable.
> > > There are all this "Hacker" and "Pro" advertised keyboards. But
> > > serious, I learned long time ago that stuff which claims to be "Pro"
> > > never really is "Pro".
> > > Then there are those crazy expensive keyboards, you can split them,
> > > they have cavities, many blinkelichter or whatever. However, until
> > > now, I always had more useful things on my wish/duty-list rather then
> > > spending $500 for a keyboard.
> > > The keyboard and the display is what is in contact with us most of the
> > > time. You can easily deal with a slow CPU, shitty HDD or ultra-cheap
> > > motherboard. You can't/shouldn't make compromises on the keyboard and
> > > display. I know selling arguments are running vice versa, but lets
> > > assume we are all "pro" enough to know what really counts.
> > > So my question to the list....
> > > What is the REAL ultimate hacker keyboard? One which even after an 12
> > > hour session does not leave you with a spinal meningitis (even by
> > > using Emacs ;).
> > > Totti
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For the last 5 years I use only Sigma GMKB109BK (search, I cannot find
it recently), I think I have bought about 10 of those for work and
various offices. I love them!
Last time (12 months ago I bought 3 of them from BicCamera Shinjuku).
Those are always set with a Microsoft "Wheel Mouse Optical USB and
PX/2 Compatible" (what a lame name for a great product). Those are
apparently OEM and (that is why) work great - big enough arch, good
buttons and scroll wheel, no thrills, works with any OS and doesn't
require updates, LoL (it doesn't sound like MS does it?!)
For the last 13 years I completely switched to JP109 layout though, I
like the extra keys and I often write Japanese anyway.
I use a custom PITA keyboard map to have Bulgarian, English and
Japanese (Scim/Anthy) working...
The MS Keyboard Akiba mentioned is awesome. When I was using a
windows computer and took a new job, it was always written into the
contract that I would get one of those on my start day. These days I
just use the one on my laptop, since I don't have a desktop machine.
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For the last 5 years I use only Sigma GMKB109BK (search, I cannot find
> it recently), I think I have bought about 10 of those for work and
> various offices. I love them!
> Last time (12 months ago I bought 3 of them from BicCamera Shinjuku).
> Those are always set with a Microsoft "Wheel Mouse Optical USB and
> PX/2 Compatible" (what a lame name for a great product). Those are
> apparently OEM and (that is why) work great - big enough arch, good
> buttons and scroll wheel, no thrills, works with any OS and doesn't
> require updates, LoL (it doesn't sound like MS does it?!)
> For the last 13 years I completely switched to JP109 layout though, I
> like the extra keys and I often write Japanese anyway.
> I use a custom PITA keyboard map to have Bulgarian, English and
> Japanese (Scim/Anthy) working...
> Kalin.
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I can't live with the shorten space bar on Japanese keyboards.
Whenever I try to type on them, I often hit the muhenkan, henkan, and
the Hiragana/Katakana switch key.
Annoying if you are used to touch type and write rather fast.
> For the last 13 years I completely switched to JP109 layout though, I
> like the extra keys and I often write Japanese anyway.
> I use a custom PITA keyboard map to have Bulgarian, English and
> Japanese (Scim/Anthy) working...
I don't know if you are an Emacs user. But Emacs has its own input
methods for different languages (like an IME). E.g. "M-x
set-intput-method german-postfix" allows me to use an English layout
and type
ue to get an ü
ae to get an ä
and so on.
There are three different input methods for Bulgarian.
You might like to try them out. I set-up many of my editing task (like
writing this email) to open up in a Emacs session and automatically
copy the final text later into the webmailer textbox (plugins for
Firefox and Chrome exists).
As for Scim/Anthy/ibus etc. That might be nice part for a THS lecture!
I learned that many people in Japan are curious about Linux but don't
see how to replace the omipresent and crucial important Windows IME
to type Japanese.
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Akiba <ch...@freaklabs.org> wrote:
> I've been using the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro for a very long time
> now.
> I've even had to repair and solder the internal flex PCB since it corroded
> due to its age. It's an ergo keyboard but I like it because the keys are
> clicky, but don't require too much pressure. The ergo design also feels
> more
> natural than a straight keyboard. I purchased a Filco mechanical keyboard
> before but I found that the keypresses required slightly more force than my
> ergo keyboard and it eventually led to forearm strain. Also, the Filco
> mechanical keyboard has a debouncing issue so that some keypresses register
> multiple times. Really, really irritating. I seem to remember really liking
> the old school IBM XT keyboards and the sound they made. Those things were
> hefty and built to last.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tokyohackerspace@googlegroups.com
> > [mailto:tokyohackerspace@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Nava Whiteford
> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 10:51 PM
> > To: tokyohackerspace@googlegroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [THS:20811] Little survey: which keyboard is the "hacker"
> > keyboard?
> > I used to use a Cherry Click keyboard, those are rather nice but also not
> > co-worker friendly.
> > I then started using mac mini keyboards, membrane, but I find them quite
> nice,
> > but obviously being mac keyboards the keymap is annoying on Linux, I
> > particularly hate installing weird keymaps on N machines and not having a
> #
> > key
> > which is key I built my own keyboard controller:
> > Unfortunately these days, I mostly use laptops.
> > On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:26:07PM +0900, Torsten Wagner wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > on my long journey to find the perfect keyboard, I used various "Pro"
> > > keyboards already.
> > > I liked the IBM Model M. However, it was not really co-worker friendly
> ;).
> > > Back in Germany I used a "IBM rapid access 3" which was nice. I always
> > > use US or UK layouts since its easier to remember the position of the
> > > few German Umlauts compared to the numerous changes in position for
> > > special characters. Most programming languages target English and
> > > hence, syntax is often optimised for English keyboard layouts.
> > > For laptops I guess nothings beats the IBM Thinkpad keyboards. To my
> > > horror Lenovo made changes to this now and I have no idea how the new
> > > keyboard behaves.
> > > I never got warm with the ergonomic keyboards. Don't know why just
> > > don't feel comfortable.
> > > There are all this "Hacker" and "Pro" advertised keyboards. But
> > > serious, I learned long time ago that stuff which claims to be "Pro"
> > > never really is "Pro".
> > > Then there are those crazy expensive keyboards, you can split them,
> > > they have cavities, many blinkelichter or whatever. However, until
> > > now, I always had more useful things on my wish/duty-list rather then
> > > spending $500 for a keyboard.
> > > The keyboard and the display is what is in contact with us most of the
> > > time. You can easily deal with a slow CPU, shitty HDD or ultra-cheap
> > > motherboard. You can't/shouldn't make compromises on the keyboard and
> > > display. I know selling arguments are running vice versa, but lets
> > > assume we are all "pro" enough to know what really counts.
> > > So my question to the list....
> > > What is the REAL ultimate hacker keyboard? One which even after an 12
> > > hour session does not leave you with a spinal meningitis (even by
> > > using Emacs ;).
> > > Totti
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I was thinking of creating an OpenSource keyboard uC. With so fancy
features like keyboard macros, password manager, maybe an OLED display
for systems statistics, etc.
Thanks for the link.
Totti
On 29 October 2012 22:50, Nava Whiteford <n...@sgenomics.org> wrote:
> I used to use a Cherry Click keyboard, those are rather nice but also not
> co-worker friendly.
> I then started using mac mini keyboards, membrane, but I find them quite nice,
> but obviously being mac keyboards the keymap is annoying on Linux, I
> particularly hate installing weird keymaps on N machines and not having a # key
> which is key I built my own keyboard controller:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:26:07PM +0900, Torsten Wagner wrote:
>> Hi,
>> on my long journey to find the perfect keyboard, I used various "Pro"
>> keyboards already.
>> I liked the IBM Model M. However, it was not really co-worker friendly ;).
>> Back in Germany I used a "IBM rapid access 3" which was nice. I always
>> use US or UK layouts since its easier to remember the position of the
>> few German Umlauts compared to the numerous changes in position for
>> special characters. Most programming languages target English and
>> hence, syntax is often optimised for English keyboard layouts.
>> For laptops I guess nothings beats the IBM Thinkpad keyboards. To my
>> horror Lenovo made changes to this now and I have no idea how the new
>> keyboard behaves.
>> I never got warm with the ergonomic keyboards. Don't know why just
>> don't feel comfortable.
>> There are all this "Hacker" and "Pro" advertised keyboards. But
>> serious, I learned long time ago that stuff which claims to be "Pro"
>> never really is "Pro".
>> Then there are those crazy expensive keyboards, you can split them,
>> they have cavities, many blinkelichter or whatever. However, until
>> now, I always had more useful things on my wish/duty-list rather then
>> spending $500 for a keyboard.
>> The keyboard and the display is what is in contact with us most of the
>> time. You can easily deal with a slow CPU, shitty HDD or ultra-cheap
>> motherboard. You can't/shouldn't make compromises on the keyboard and
>> display. I know selling arguments are running vice versa, but lets
>> assume we are all "pro" enough to know what really counts.
>> So my question to the list....
>> What is the REAL ultimate hacker keyboard? One which even after an 12
>> hour session does not leave you with a spinal meningitis (even by
>> using Emacs ;).
>> Totti
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<torsten.wag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was thinking of creating an OpenSource keyboard uC. With so fancy
> features like keyboard macros, password manager, maybe an OLED display
> for systems statistics, etc.
> Thanks for the link.
> On 29 October 2012 22:50, Nava Whiteford <n...@sgenomics.org> wrote:
>> I used to use a Cherry Click keyboard, those are rather nice but also not
>> co-worker friendly.
>> I then started using mac mini keyboards, membrane, but I find them quite nice,
>> but obviously being mac keyboards the keymap is annoying on Linux, I
>> particularly hate installing weird keymaps on N machines and not having a # key
>> which is key I built my own keyboard controller:
I saw esp. the price tag >$1000 for a keyboard uhhhh....
I would even consider it if the mechanics is really outstanding... but
simply because of funny OLED pictures on each key.... don't know. I
don't look at my keyboard, I look at my screen. So why do I need OLED
displays on my keys?
Totti
On 30 October 2012 11:42, Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Torsten Wag797 €ner
> <torsten.wag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I was thinking of creating an OpenSource keyboard uC. With so fancy
>> features like keyboard macros, password manager, maybe an OLED display
>> for systems statistics, etc.
>> Thanks for the link.
>> On 29 October 2012 22:50, Nava Whiteford <n...@sgenomics.org> wrote:
>>> I used to use a Cherry Click keyboard, those are rather nice but also not
>>> co-worker friendly.
>>> I then started using mac mini keyboards, membrane, but I find them quite nice,
>>> but obviously being mac keyboards the keymap is annoying on Linux, I
>>> particularly hate installing weird keymaps on N machines and not having a # key
>>> which is key I built my own keyboard controller:
> Hey Nava, you should bring this project as show&tell to THS!
> Kalin.
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<torsten.wag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the REAL ultimate hacker keyboard? One which even after an 12
> hour session does not leave you with a spinal meningitis (even by
> using Emacs ;).
When I was in my early 20s I started getting pain in my wrists (RSI, I
thought) so I changed to an ergo keyboard.
Problem with these is that touch-typing on a keyboard with different
distances for the fingers takes about a week to get used to, and I
couldn't quickly borrow a co-worker's keyboard during it. It's a lot
of fun to type on a space-age design though.
> I saw esp. the price tag >$1000 for a keyboard uhhhh....
> I would even consider it if the mechanics is really outstanding... but
> simply because of funny OLED pictures on each key.... don't know. I
> don't look at my keyboard, I look at my screen. So why do I need OLED
> displays on my keys?
All with blank keytops. Which works okay if you're touch-typing, not
so much when your student has configured Wnn and a random
international keyboard and you have to go fumbling to find the | key.
> On 30 October 2012 11:42, Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Torsten Wag797 €ner
>> <torsten.wag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I was thinking of creating an OpenSource keyboard uC. With so fancy
>>> features like keyboard macros, password manager, maybe an OLED display
>>> for systems statistics, etc.
>>> Thanks for the link.
>>> On 29 October 2012 22:50, Nava Whiteford <n...@sgenomics.org> wrote:
>>>> I used to use a Cherry Click keyboard, those are rather nice but also not
>>>> co-worker friendly.
>>>> I then started using mac mini keyboards, membrane, but I find them quite nice,
>>>> but obviously being mac keyboards the keymap is annoying on Linux, I
>>>> particularly hate installing weird keymaps on N machines and not having a # key
>>>> which is key I built my own keyboard controller:
>> Hey Nava, you should bring this project as show&tell to THS!
>> Kalin.
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In my opinion, this blank keytops keyboards are in the category
"wannabe-Hacker".
I mean I do not care at all if there are lables on it or not...
mechanics is what counts.
A friend has a Realforce Keyboard which feels quite nice.
In general if you lift a keyboard and it has a surprising weight... it
might be a good one ;)
At the moment I used a standard DELL because that was the only US
keyboard I could get here at work at my arrival.
Does its job but not really perfect.
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Torsten Wagner
> <torsten.wag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hehehehe....
>> I saw esp. the price tag >$1000 for a keyboard uhhhh....
>> I would even consider it if the mechanics is really outstanding... but
>> simply because of funny OLED pictures on each key.... don't know. I
>> don't look at my keyboard, I look at my screen. So why do I need OLED
>> displays on my keys?
> All with blank keytops. Which works okay if you're touch-typing, not
> so much when your student has configured Wnn and a random
> international keyboard and you have to go fumbling to find the | key.
>> Totti
> --Richard
>> On 30 October 2012 11:42, Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Torsten Wag797 €ner
>>> <torsten.wag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I was thinking of creating an OpenSource keyboard uC. With so fancy
>>>> features like keyboard macros, password manager, maybe an OLED display
>>>> for systems statistics, etc.
>>>> Thanks for the link.
>>>> On 29 October 2012 22:50, Nava Whiteford <n...@sgenomics.org> wrote:
>>>>> I used to use a Cherry Click keyboard, those are rather nice but also not
>>>>> co-worker friendly.
>>>>> I then started using mac mini keyboards, membrane, but I find them quite nice,
>>>>> but obviously being mac keyboards the keymap is annoying on Linux, I
>>>>> particularly hate installing weird keymaps on N machines and not having a # key
>>>>> which is key I built my own keyboard controller:
>>> Hey Nava, you should bring this project as show&tell to THS!
>>> Kalin.
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Amd here I am writing an IME handler for AmigaOs 4.1 and newer to handle
multiple languages together
personally I can't tolerate programming on a non-japanese layout anymore...
so I had to special order and spit hellfire at a local pc store in NZ that
claimed to be able to provide me with a japanese keyboard
they provided a cheap us layout and thought I would be happy with some IME
with it
I took in my old broken keyboard and shoved it in the clerks face.and asked
where the japanese keys were on the keyboard they sold me which I had also
taken in
When it comes to computers I admot to being a tight arsed BOFH with extra
tines on the pitchfork
Maybe I can sort out getting to to THS tonight?
Jeremy
On Oct 30, 2012 11:42 AM, "Kalin KOZHUHAROV" <me.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Torsten Wagner
> <torsten.wag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was thinking of creating an OpenSource keyboard uC. With so fancy
> > features like keyboard macros, password manager, maybe an OLED display
> > for systems statistics, etc.
> > Thanks for the link.
> > On 29 October 2012 22:50, Nava Whiteford <n...@sgenomics.org> wrote:
> >> I used to use a Cherry Click keyboard, those are rather nice but also
> not
> >> co-worker friendly.
> >> I then started using mac mini keyboards, membrane, but I find them
> quite nice,
> >> but obviously being mac keyboards the keymap is annoying on Linux, I
> >> particularly hate installing weird keymaps on N machines and not having
> a # key
> >> which is key I built my own keyboard controller:
> Hey Nava, you should bring this project as show&tell to THS!
> Kalin.
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I dont get the strobg preferences for keyboards. As long as the layout matches how you learned, and the keys dont jam up or are too stiff (or a crappy controller doesnt double type), any keyboard is roughly as good as any other.
rarely have I ever sat down and felt "ugh I cant type on this!"
Only adjectives I use to rule out a keyboard are "too small", "too stiff" or "weird layout"
A REAL hacker can use ANY keyboard, any WHERE, any TIME.
Its not that you can't type on a $5 keyboard.
Its more like using pro-tools for pro-jobs.
As a carpenter you do not use a $15 dollar power drill, however, when
it comes to keyboards many people tend to use what came with the PC.
I just was curious about what you guys/girls are using.
But it seems there is no ultimative solution unlike we wait for the
Freakeyboard.
Totti
On 30 October 2012 14:27, MRE <epreme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I dont get the strobg preferences for keyboards. As long as the layout matches how you learned, and the keys dont jam up or are too stiff (or a crappy controller doesnt double type), any keyboard is roughly as good as any other.
> rarely have I ever sat down and felt "ugh I cant type on this!"
> Only adjectives I use to rule out a keyboard are "too small", "too stiff" or "weird layout"
> A REAL hacker can use ANY keyboard, any WHERE, any TIME.
> Dont flame me.
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I DO have a super small netbook with poasibly the worst keyboard ever.
Very tiny. All keys you have to jam hard because the plastics are not glide smooth. Many get stuck down either because plastic binding or going UNDER adjacant keys!!
> I dont get the strobg preferences for keyboards. As long as the layout
> matches how you learned, and the keys dont jam up or are too stiff (or a
> crappy controller doesnt double type), any keyboard is roughly as good as
> any other.
> rarely have I ever sat down and felt "ugh I cant type on this!"
> Only adjectives I use to rule out a keyboard are "too small", "too stiff"
> or "weird layout"
> A REAL hacker can use ANY keyboard, any WHERE, any TIME.
> Dont flame me.
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