Keytronic ergoforce

[beltet]

Hi all!
I found an Keytronic ergoforce NIB on a flea market today.
I know, its rubber dome. But in my opinion this is one of the best rubber domes that you can find.
The odd thing is that this is a US ANSI with big ass enter and I found it in Sweden.
Anyway... What do you think and what's your opinion on the board. Will try to scan manuals and such for the wiki.(BTW, can anyone edit the wiki?)
Here's some pictures:





Edit: Sry for the picture quality and alignment. Have only my phone ATM...

Edit2: added img tags.

[Muirium]

Wrap [img] tags around those so they show up inline. There's a button in the post editor…

[ne0phyte]

Wrap [img] tags around those so they show up inline. There's a button in the post editor…

But you have to add a .jpg (or whatever type it is) to the links for that

[beltet]

Wrap [img] tags around those so they show up inline. There's a button in the post editor…

Sry for that, did it one phone becasue i'm on vacation. but manage to get hold on a computer to edit it.
Will try to make better images when I get back from vacation. Hope you can overlook the "picture problem" atm.

EDIT: Omg... It looks terrible... Anyway, sry for that. I don't have any oppertunity to make it better atm.

Edit2: When I come back from vacation i will take better pictures, maybe open it up, and scan the manuals. Is anyone interested in this?

[Muirium]

Far from the worst pictures I've seen posted here… so long as you tip your head to one side! Don't see wedge shaped boxes like that these days, or as 1990s artwork!

[beltet]

Don't see wedge shaped boxes like that these days, or as 1990s artwork!

Isn't that a good thing?

[Kurk]

These Keytronics are indeed descent boards. The best feature is that all caps have the same profile. Great for testing other layouts like Dvorak or Colemak.

[beltet]

These Keytronics are indeed descent boards. The best feature is that all caps have the same profile. Great for testing other layouts like Dvorak or Colemak.

That I didn't know. That's a good "feature". Been thinking a little bit if I should learn to use Dvorak. But seems like a big step.

[Muirium]

It is indeed. And the wrong one. Go with Colemak, it's more optimised and less radically different from qwerty, simultaneously.

[beltet]

It is indeed. And the wrong one. Go with Colemak, it's more optimised and less radically different from qwerty, simultaneously.

Even for non English users?

[Muirium]

Neither of them are designed with Swedish (or any non-English language) in mind. Even so, I suspect Colemak is still better in that circumstance since Dvorak is so radical. A lot of your Qwerty muscle memory (especially on the bottom row) still works in Colemak, which is a real help for common keyboard shortcuts. Dvorak was designed for typewriters, not computers.

There are alternate layouts for non-English languages, of course. If you were French, I'd suggest Bépo, as I can remember the name. Forum user Vierax is really into it.



Here's a rundown of more than just a handful of layouts, that I happened to find while searching for that picture. As usual, Swedish gets the barest of mentions. I presume that's the language you're looking to optimise for, given your location?

http://xahlee.info/kbd/dvorak_and_all_k ... youts.html

[davkol]

There are like five Swedish DSK-like layouts, see Wikipedia… and Colemak sucks. ~_^

[andrewjoy]

i always wanted to learn a new layout, but to be fair i only 4 finger type on qwerty, i have been trying to learn to touch type correctly but to no avail anyone got any tips

i can do it but i am so much slower

[davkol]

Then stick with it and your speed will eventually increase. Or maybe learn to touch type on some layout more modern than from the 1870s, while keeping your "circling eagle" QWERTY technique just in case.