deskthority

I'm in.

Matteo, since you're working with the devil Massdrop anyway, you might suggest working some kind of bundle with the next round of the CTRL / ALT keyboards -- the gunmetal anodization of these looks really good with dark caps, but not so much any others. (The one sticking point might be that ...

What is considered ideal?

That's a matter of opinion. I like things that work well on multiple platforms - Hasu's TMK, Soarer's Converter, xwhatsit. I really like things where I can either use a GUI or a text editor to make changes - that's Hasu's TMK.

A dedicated Windows GUI application for ...

berserkfan wrote:

vivalarevolución wrote: Move to USA where you can buy a bigger house for a cheaper price.

Nah, Singapore real estate is ridiculous, but still affordable compared with San Frans...

Most of the USA is affordable compared to SF.

Trump fans: what are you planning to do when (not if) the GOP establishment steals the convention for Cruz?

I don't know what will come out of a Trump presidency, and neither does anyone else -- though I'd guess four years of utter economic disaster, nepotism, general foreign policy ruin, etc ...

Also, SP might have tooling for a "Split" key already. Perhaps "Cool," too.

I thought about it, but I don't think it would tip. 1976 has even more recognizable era phrases and it didn't tip. Perhaps a later group buy though if there is enough interest.

I hear you; my copy of 1976 arrives tomorrow, sans slang. But I don't think that's true, actually. I think the 50's are ...

I can dig it. How about some 50's slang instead of standard modifiers -- http://catslikeus.com/retro-style/rocka ... lly-quotes?

This really needs open-apple/close-apple icons. Makes me wish Apple had gone out of business (almost).

I personally don't like apple because of the way they do business, but I did enjoy reading what you had to say about them mu. Wobbling keys is also a pet peeve of mine, and its good that some laptop does something to combat that. Although if you plan to get one, be get to spend a hundred dollars on ...

I'm going with 7bit. It's not just the colours. Symbiosis doesn't have Hyper, Roman numerals, and assorted other interesting legends. If I'm spending crazily on keycaps to recreate a classic look, I'm willing to wait for a higher quality set.

It's now available on Massdrop, if anyone's interested.

pietergen wrote: I don't know ! I suppose that the hard statistics are in R. L. Deininger in Human Factors Engineering Studies of the Design and Use of Pushbutton Telephone Sets or maybe not....

Just as you say: http://www.vcalc.net/touchtone_hf.pdf

jacobolus wrote: Yeah, Helvetica is one of the worst possible choices for a UI font.

You really need to see it on a Retina MacBook before you make that judgement call. From here, it looks beautiful.

I look forward to you expounding on the idea of universal good taste.
Macs are a bit like if everyone wore the same watch (which Apple are no doubt hoping for) or if everyone drove the same car. I am not sure I could stomach a whole world of that level of monotony.

Apple's watch ambitions don't ...

But the keyboard’s descendents have jettisoned one of the Model M’s most iconic features — "buckling springs," a key system introduced in the PC / XT.

of course they probably don´t know the difference between buckling spring over membrane vs. buckling spring over capacitive contact, makes it ...

The only way to pay is Google Wallet -- I had to clear my order. My newfound obsession with awesome keycaps doesn't outweigh my longstanding disdain for Google's business practices.

Numpads! I'm in.

These have Super and Meta; any chance we could get Hyper?