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[…] The "N tilda" question is simply because users aren't paying any attention - I bet if they look at spanish keyboard (which they have laying around, no doubt) they'll see that key is marked "N/;" You are American, aren't you :lol: Since October 28, 2022! I've seen Russian keyboards a lot, and ha...

The problem with `:yw` is that if `:yx` is not mapped, what would you do? Retroactively type `:y`? But even single-key macros are a huge can of pretty nasty worms. [...] Much of the problem comes from the fact that people tend to think about "how to get [character] from the keyboard to the screen",...

Ok, question for people reading this thread. I'm a very simple mouse user. I like 3 buttons and a scroll wheel. I see a lot of complaints about this mouse not having back and forward buttons. I've never used back and forward buttons on a mouse. I always just use Ctrl/⌘+ → or Ctrl/⌘ + ←. Do you use ...

How the hell do people think it is appropriate to do conference calls in an open floor plan office? A proper office should have small rooms especially for doing meetings, phone calls — and conference calls! For all the shiRt cubicles used to get, they were good at reducing the amount of ambient noi...

In my job, up to March 2020 B.P., we had an office with an "open floor plan" (plus a ears-sensitive cow orker, albeit not a gossipy git), so my set-up included a WASD keyboard, modified to make it as silent as possible. Every now and then I'd bring a Model M or a pingmaster keyboard for the day, jus...

This subject is starting to sound a bit dirty.

Congratulations!

On a "custom" keyboard is a must, for the obvious reason. On a regular keyboard I used to find it to be "quite useful" instead of "unavoidably vital", as most key assignments were already there, and one just needed to make a few adjustments (move AltGr into its proper spot in "modern bottom row" key...

I'm in both DT's Discord Server and IRC channel on Libera, but in-case someone doesn't have Discord, we can exchange emails perhaps. As you may imagine: live text is much too addictive for me. :lol: We should have some way to keep in touch if DT goes dark, though. Preferably a ready-to-roll full co...

Well, shiRt.

DT is the new* internet-order Russian bride the whole world can love! *Well, maybe she’s getting on a bit, and boy does she have opinions ! But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you know. If only she matched her profile pics… Shouldn't we, then, groom the bride, so she won't look as "antiquated...

Quick question: Is it just me, or are others also not able to navigate to the beta QMK configurator site, i.e.: http://35.164.28.200:5000/#/xwhatsit/brand_new_model_f/f62/wcass/LAYOUT_all? (am getting an ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT message). Thanks. Loaded perfectly here. Might have been a slight inte...

New to the family, but I still think this is arguable the best model f size :D BA291E41-365C-4C5F-A9CE-0E2172043978.jpeg Wow! Where did you find that unicorn? That‘s part of a bigger story I‘m gonna tell one day :D Congrats! We'll wait to see whether your story is more impressive than Karl's F77 fi...

I think it's been over a year since my last update. I have been working on refactoring of pandrew's QMK firmware for inclusion into the QMK official repo. I have decided to focus only on the keyboards that I physical possess and can test. I have the Model F Labs F62 and F77. …… Great news! When you...

This is definitely an area where one's size and build and personal usage patterns matter. My hands are big, too, but in my case, the larger the mouse, the better, instead of the other way around. mouseandhand.jpg Since I tend to fully rest my hand on the mouse, a "regular-sized" unit is too small an...

Findecanor wrote: ↑

23 Sep 2022, 16:55

The Alt key should never have been co-opted for use for anything other than additional graphic characters.

Hard to disagree with that! The fact that AltGr is only on one side of the keyboard is a TOTAL pest.

Right Control is a fever dream and a hoax! What a superfluous key. You’ll be praising SysRq next. ;) SysRq, back in the day, was quite useful. Pissing contests aside, Right Control is a highly necessary modifier — most of the CUA commands (Ctrl-Z,X,C,V,A,E,W, ...) are quite, quite more comfortable ...

Always a nice sign when a board invites you to put Control back to where it should be. Old (but not old enough) boomers :mrgreen: don't understand the importance of symmetrical modifier keys. Pray tell me, if LCTRL should be where Caps Lock ( Shift Lock before that, and for a mechanical reason, BTW...

Yeah, right. When I was young and online, we explored file systems; databases were strictly off-limits.

webwit wrote: ↑

17 Sep 2022, 22:05

depletedvespene wrote: ↑

17 Sep 2022, 16:34

HHKB-lovers can go cry into their (unused) bottom-left corner.

Agreed. F62 HHKB fixed that.

PS: You sound like one of those 104 atheists.

104? Don't you dare take me for an ANSIboy!

40%, 60%, 65%, 75%, 79%, TKL, 96%, Datamaster, AT, 1800, plain fullsize, EF-fullsize, EF-fullsize+supernumpad, supernumpad by itself, ortholinear, split ortholinear... Blasphemy! These are all pagan religions, not the true one. :evil: Get the Effenhanced layout with the supernumpad (plus options fo...

40%, 60%, 65%, 75%, 79%, TKL, 96%, Datamaster, AT, 1800, plain fullsize, EF-fullsize, EF-fullsize+supernumpad, supernumpad by itself, ortholinear, split ortholinear... the laundry list of requested layouts is gonna be huge . :D Let us all patiently wait until the current Effenhanced Layout ("Enhance...

Not even split numpad+? BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

Also, ISO. Can't forget ISO.

Muirium wrote: ↑

12 Sep 2022, 23:07

Gentlemen, please. Respect the wishes of the OP and answer exclusively in memes.

Fine, then.

Please just tell me already please i Best is subjective and depends on the tasks it needs to perform. I really like my Moonlander, but any boards focused on ergonomics are good. Anyone working with numbers a lot is going to want a dedicated keypad, but that can be external. Also I really like the Q...

Having Fn on the left is a ThinkPad tradition, so I don't think that is bad if the convention is consistent. You can get used to it if a ThinkPad is your workhorse. (Personally I map Ctrl on Caps Lock anyway, so I'm not bothered) As you mention below, it ain't consistent... and it still sucks, IMNA...

After writing my rant, repressed horrid memories of Microsoft-branded keyboards put up for sale back in 2020 surfaced. Still for sale on its store you can find this abomination: Abomination_1.png Abomination_1_detail.png Note how Microsoft ALSO provides the = , ( and ) keys. While the first of those...

Displaced LCtrl key. It's supposed to be in the CORNER! I have had a T440p for some years and it is a great little machine. Naturally, as a 122-key terminal user on my primary computer, I have plenty of bones that I could pick about the layout, but this is the one that truly makes me crazy. Looking...

depletedvespene wrote: ↑

30 Aug 2022, 18:22

It is, indeed, inelegant.

Did I say "inelegant"? Little did I know...

But wait, there's more! I had to go into the UEFI, to get the F keys to behave as F keys (another industry-wide shenanigan), and noticed that the UEFI allows me to select a pre-OS national layout, from a list of 27 options: English (United States) Canadian French Multilingual Canadian French Spanis...