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22 Jul 2019, 11:43

In other words, fully unnecessary as a dedicated key..

Heresy!

Kensington Orbit sold

From Clearly Superior Technologies, Inc. : ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CST PRESIDENT ROSS MYERS After nearly 16 years in business the time has come for me to explore retirement, to pursue relaxation and my passion for fishing and travel. All of Us at Clearly Superior Technologies Inc. have appreciated the sup...

Buried in Light by Call of the Void

They call it "loud Metallic Sludgepunk". I like that.

Regarding the "Model S" issue at the beginning: it's not "wheel-less", it's that Das III didn't have a wheel at all, and Model S is still Das III essentially. As you know, the first Das was a rebranded Key Tronic, the second a rebranded Cherry G80… and the then came the third in late 2000s: initiall...

Heya. That's a typo in the FCC ID. Podworld 292 That's what I found too, but the keyboard was NOT Podworld 292, as it looked identical to SKB-5150C (layout, non-stepped keycaps, case with the panel/sticker on top, large feet, the AT/XT switch); the sticker itself also said "84KEY" instead of "101KE...

I've just spotted a listing with some keyboard with FCC ID: HEW 292, which I couldn't find in the FCC ID database, and it looked like SKB-5150C (or Tai-Hao TH-5150, but that one shouldn't have an AT/XT switch, whereas the listed keyboard did have it). It went for a little over €40.

TechPowerUp's report on Leopold's booth at Computex 2019. The new switch finds its way in the equally new FC660PT keyboard, with the primary design change being the location of the spring relative to the switch housing and rubber dome that gave Topre switches the unique tactile feedback which peopl...

I doubt anyone cares, but for future generations, if they'll survive the environmental collapse and dig into then-vintage keyboards. Func KB-460 (popular full-size "gaming" keyboard from ~2014) is actually Tesoro G1. The PCB looks almost identical to, e.g., Tesoro TS-G3NL, and even is branded as Tes...

The study on collapse they thought you should not read – yet [on SoundCloud] A research paper concluding that climate-induced collapse is now inevitable, was recently rejected by anonymous reviewers of an academic journal. In saying the paper was not suitable for publication, one of the comments fr...

These days, almost everything should work out of the box, as long as it adheres to the USB HID specification. Many "gaming" mice go beyond that, though, to allow configuration of lights, buttons etc. There are projects that attempt to cover this natively (e.g., OpenRazer mostly for lights in Razer p...

I like Roccat. Good coatings, some of the best wheels, decent firmware, on-board memory for settings and some interesting features like EasyShift. My second choice would be Logitech: they push R&D quite a bit more and maintain decent build quality for consumer products, but I usually don't like the ...

Copy, Cut and Paste use the letters C, X and V. I am not aware of a national layout that would position these letters in a different place. (Ctrl-Z is a different story, but that's got nothing to do with INS.) F Keyboard BDS 5237:1978 ANSI X4.22-1983 Obviously I was talking neither about "alternati...

Yeah, what if one doesn't use Word, though? How about pretty much all other word processors, pretty much every text editor, and even Excel itself? "Word processor" is a fancy name for "virtual typewriter". Say no to poor typesetting and poor machine-readability. And Excel is what? A food? Copy, Cut...

Yeah, what if one doesn't use Word, though? BTW The Insert key , when pressed along with Control or Shift, can also be used to copy or paste in Microsoft Windows. This behavior comes from the Common User Access standard. Screen readers use the insert key for hotkeys for reading text, speaking format...

I'm starting to reduce my collection of pointing devices, I'll be slowly adding more stuff. Microsoft Trackball Optical : arguably the largest, most comfortable thumb-operated trackball, mint condition, original packaging. €50 https://i.imgur.com/Dn1IVgn.jpg Logitech Cordless Optical TrackMan (T-RB2...

Dactyl-Manuform starting at $100

https://www.ebay.com/itm/303129848246

The "matrix" layout in TypeMatrix solves one specific problem: being fundamentally symmetrical, it makes both human hands make the same (mirrored) motions, as opposed to different motions on the standard layout with inconsistently offset rows. Although I personally don't value it, the "matrix" desig...

Early 2000s were great for stupid layout ideas. One weird navigation/arrows cluster (from Umax):



Isn't it great to miss an arrow key and shut the computer down? (from KME)

The old typematrix was cheaply made and there were some questionable choices made regarding stabilizers, but the layout is fairly decent for touch typing. In particular, the claim that "hands are still in the same position" and there's "no ergonomic benefit" is just plain wrong, and your whole rant ...

Maybe it serves the original purpose well, but otherwise…

It also has the old logo on the case...