The Keyboard Oracle has decided:

The votes have been counted. As voted for by the members of deskthority - input devices extraordinaire:


Best relic/discovery 2011

Nominated: HaaTa for his combined archeological work in 2011, the IBM Model F AT, the Sega HTR-2106, the Space-cadet keyboard and the Tipro.

And the winner is...
HaaTa for his combined archeological work in 2011

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Best input device mod 2011

Nominated: Lowpoly's Apple M0110 mod, Signature Plastics key caps and Soarer's XT/AT/PS2/Terminal to USB converter with NKRO.

And the winner is...
Lowpoly's Apple M0110 mod

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Best keycaps 2011

Nominated: Clack Factory keycaps, Dolch keycaps, IBM Model M keycaps, Original Cherry double shot keycaps and Topre Realforce/HHKB PBT keycaps.

And the winner is...
Clack Factory keycaps

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Best ergonomic keyboard/HID 2011

Nominated: The Cherry G80-5000, the Datahand Professional II and the Kinesis Advantage

And the winner is...
The Datahand Professional II

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Best other (non-keyboard) HID 2011

Nominated: The Apple Magic Trackpad, the Kensington Slimblade trackball and the Rollermouse family.

And the winner is...
The Kensington Slimblade trackball

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Best keyboard company or brand 2011

Nominated: Cherry, KBC, The Keyboard Company, Topre and WASDKeyboards.

And the winner is...
The Keyboard Company

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Best regular keyboard in 2011

Nominated: The Cherry G80-3000, the Filco Majestouch 2 family, the Filco Ninja Majestouch 2, the Unicomp Spacesaver and the WASD V1.

And the winner is...
The Filco Majestouch 2 family

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Best space-saving/compact keyboard 2011

Nominated: The Filco Majestouch 2 Tenkeyless, the HHKB Professional 2, the IBM Model M Space Saving Keyboard, the KBC Poker and the Realforce white 87U uniform 45g.

And the winners are...
The Filco Majestouch 2 Tenkeyless and the KBC Poker

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Best keyboard switch 2011

Nominated: Cherry MX Blue, Cherry MX Brown, Cherry MX Red, IBM Buckling Spring and Topre.

And the winner is...
Cherry MX Brown

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The *Ping* Award 2011

Nominated: Corsair (for mechanical/rubber dome hybrids), the Geekhack trojan attacks, No Miniguru in 2011, PING!/The Summer of Ping! and Truly Ergonomic.

And the winners are...
The Geekhack trojan attacks and No Miniguru in 2011

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And now, your special attention for the main Award...

The Deskthority Award 2011

Nominated: 7bit for organizing Round 4 + R4Wiki, Ascaii (Cherry key caps etc.), The Keyboard Oracle, Sixty for groupbuys and The Switch Try Bag and The Cherry Switch Try Gaming PCB's

And the winner is...
7bit for organizing Round 4 + R4Wiki

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22 voters for the datahand, I bet 22 people here haven't even been in the same room as on.

I haven't been in the same room as either of them

Minskleip wrote:I haven't been in the same room as either of them

Good point.

That said, I didn't do too badly. I think I missed about 3 of the winners.

Best keyboard company The Keyboard Company

Filco Majestouch 2 got over half off the votes in full sized, I count in Ninja too ;D That's not bad realy.

Finally some love for the Slimblade.

woody wrote:Finally some love for the Slimblade.

Is that the one with the big ball?

Thanks to all the voters, thanks to the sponsors, and congratulations to the award and prize winners. All hail 7bit for taking the main award, well deserved for all his efforts! I'm still waiting for his speech.

Heh, I won

Thanks for voting everyone!
I tried to keep it fair by not voting for myself, but it looks like I almost needed to

I can't promise next year will have as many interesting discoveries, but I'll try

I thought I grabbed it with the Space-cadet. But the sheer quantity and quality of your relic hunting beat it. Well done!

Congrats 7bit, and thanks, everyone.

Lowpoly - stop taking the propofol!