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touch screens are too cool for cursor keys

I haven't voted so far, but I have some thoughts on this: can these images be set to cycle as alternative headers? or maybe have new examples with the site logo and tab buttons in place? so that we can judge the overall framing better? a splash of colour is good, the happy hacking blue gives a nice ...

The Keyboard Company, they're the UK seller, but they also have some Filco for sale in the US via Amazon Marketplace

I guess it sucks if your layout needs that key for the backslash (and pipe, if you do any command-line stuff) and you're forced to use an ANSI keyboard. But then, key remapping should ease the pain somewhat. The ANSI layout has the \| key above enter and below back space, so that would just be ques...

I don't want to turn this into an ISO v. ANSI thread, I imagine that topic has been done to death a million times over. That said I don't really know what the fuss is re the double height enter key, or ISO requiring extra long pinky fingers. I see either enter key style as being fine and I've been w...

The lucky folks in regions that use ANSI and JIS layouts now have a variety of nice Topre and Cherry MX keyboards to choose from, in smaller than tenkeyless format e.g. Happy Hacking, Noppoo Choc Mini, KBC Poker etc. For those of us in ISO layout regions (inc. all of Europe) we have to make a choice...

For the EU the maximum item value for gifts is €45, anything worth more than that you have to pay the full duty and VAT unfortunately. Sometimes you get lucky and don't have to pay, but it's risky to make a false declaration of the item value - if the parcel gets lost you won't be able to claim the ...

You need pencils to complete the look, it's less offensive that way:

And WHAT does AltGr DO anyway? In the UK key map, it makes it easy to type € (AltGr, 4) Fairly useful given that it's used more often than $ It's an essential modifier required to create a whole lot of characters in many languages, Wikipedia lists many, and even if the accuracy isn't 100% (due to b...

Well I didn't get the numbers from the charities themselves, I got them from charitynavigator.org which is a rating website...I dunno how accurate they are of course. If you are willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, or review figures that were independently audited, the second part of my p...

99.9% of their money goes to the program vs 91.8% for the red cross Please don't use these types of numbers to compare charities, at best they are superficial and misleading, and total fraud at worst. Aside from the corruption issues, these charities are run like businesses and are competing with e...

Philips twin-eye laser was the worst sensor ever I think the Imperator uses a Philips Twin-Eye laser which is… not so good. What I know about that laser is the z-axis problem when you lift-off the mouse. This is a lot of nonsense, all started because someone posted a youtube clip of doing something...

Last time I asked Access keyboards for some help regarding a keyboard they asked for the serial number, I gave it to them and they said that board should not be in my possession nice response, perhaps Access-IS think that their products are so good that no business could possibly want to sell or bi...

It is surprising for a UK company selling goods to the US. I also thought the $164 US price is just the UK price ex. 20% VAT, but somehow US gets a much larger discount? Mistake maybe? I'm fairly sure computer components aren't subject to import duty in addition to the VAT. Could be that 'fulfilled ...

I didn't realise they had plans on bringing them over here. Have they announced that it will be an ISO layout rather than bringing an ANSI board over as many other manufacturers do? Before I noticed the where to buy page listing Germany and Ireland, I emailed to ask about ISO and UK + EU layouts. N...

Note that noppoo are coming to the EU & USA according to their website, other flaws aside I'd hope that they will be at least be offering ISO layouts: thenoppoo - where to buy MX Blue keyboard only to find that it is not really suited for gaming , it sounds like MX Red switches are what I should be ...

godly_music wrote:Razer... I'll never be happy with one until they make one that doesn't glow.

I'm pretty sure you can disable the lights in the driver/configuration software. I might be wrong as I haven't used my Razer for months, but I'm reasonably confident about this.

will give it some time then and see if it fixes itself...

EDIT: tried rebooting my router earlier, I can see the pictures now so I guess this was a routing issue. Thanks.

now I'm really stumped. I can't see any images on imgur, except the adverts. I started thinking maybe this is some kind of Linux specific issue e.g. imgur are using Silverlight, but I read their FAQ and they have a Linux uploader, so the site is presumably Linux friendly?

Great as an added bonus it may promote more activity by users, certainly my post frequency elsewhere increased as I realised the usefulness.

I can't see the photos on this thread? it just says Image repeatedly. Is the image hosting service down? or should I be looking for something wrong with my settings? I already tried disabling add-ons in Firefox (ubuntu 10.10)

EDIT: just tried Chrome, blank image frames instead of the word Image

I did not add useless thing to the tread. I added an idea. Your post in the old thread on geekhack was fine. You didn't do anything wrong there and ripster really didn't insult you, and he definitely was not being critical of your post. If he said "old thread" or "dead thread" instead of "necro thr...

Presently, I'm reading a classic for the first time: Frank Herbert's "Dune." I landed a hardcover at the used bookseller and have been enjoying it immensely. I regret that I only have the few hours of my weekend train commute to read it. Dune is outstanding, one of my favourite books and a book tha...

...The term "necro post" is NOT meant as an insult. Ask the Europeans... OK I'll bite, maybe there is still some unnecessary ill feeling here? "necro" is not normally used on it's own. It's derived from the Greek origin "nekros" for corpse or dead, and in conjunction with another word it should des...

Could we have another tab for "New posts" be added along the row with "View your posts" & "The team" Ideally it would link to a search that lists all threads with new and unread posts, with a separator to differentiate the threads that have new posts since the last visit, and those which are merely ...

There are quite a few of the vertical mice, although some brands are just clones of the same OEM product, but the 3M Ergonomic and Zalman FPSgun are different takes on the vertical theme. Just found WowPen as well, these look cheap enough to take a chance and see if the concept works for you. Neural...

How obtuse would you have to be to create a control layout that is limited by 6KRO? I remember being huddled around an aged 'BBC Master' during breaktimes at school, playing some Gauntlet style four player dungeon hack game. Up/down/left/right/attack for each player, maybe a magic button as well? Th...

Any of you actually reads books? If so - what? Charles Stross - excellent sci-fi and some Lovecraftian spy thrillers. read most of his novels and the short story collections are on my must read list. Stephen King - The Dark Tower series (7 books & over 4000 pages) Wasn't sure about reading King but...

http://www.overclock.net/6009418-post2.html is this part of the guide, and the comments above correct? USB keyboards with 6KRO also allow for a maximum of 4 modifier keys to be used with those 6 normal keys. These modifiers include CTRL, ALT, Shift, & Super (Windows, Command, or Meta Key.) I was th...

...ml switches... tend to stick if you dont hit them exactly center on the keys... I didn't know that, it's pretty shabby. Key sticking shouldn't happen on a $20 basic keyboard, so very disappointing that the 'budget' mechanical switch would be that way. I occasionally look on eBay for a cheap G84-...