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What you think about this keyboard?
Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 09:58
by Mr.Nobody
Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 09:59
by Mr.Nobody
Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 10:01
by Mr.Nobody
Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 10:08
by Wodan
We could need a proxy for Chinese keyboard GBs here on DT
Feel up to the task ?
Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 10:12
by Mr.Nobody
Wodan wrote: We could need a proxy for Chinese keyboard GBs here on DT
Feel up to the task ?
Glad to oblige, let me be your proxy.
Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 10:24
by Mr.Nobody
This keyboard can hook up to three blue tooth devices simoutaneously,using Fn+1/2/3 to switch back and forth among them.
They also have a yellow color scheme model, which is not available for oder now.
Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 10:30
by Mr.Nobody
Mr.Nobody wrote: This keyboard can hook up to three blue tooth devices simutaneously,using Fn+1/2/3 to switch back and forth among them.
They also have a yellow color scheme model, which is not available for oder now.
Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 10:40
by Wodan
Oh I was more talking in general, this particular one isn't for me.
But things like the Matrix Abel ... damn I would kill for one of those ...
Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 11:03
by vvp
My fingers are rather bad at movements to the sides (left - right). This keyboard with ½U stagger on each row will require it quite a bit unless one using it is considering columns 45° skewed from top middle to bottom sides. E.g. for a left pinkie key the column would be Shift-A-W-2, for right pointing finger it would be M-J-U-6. That is OK and better (from ergonomic point of view) than standard keyboards but very different from them. The touch typing habits would be harder to share between this and the standard keyboards.
The space bar is not split. Two thumbs wasted on one big key. If it would be split then at least one half can be used like e.g. a shift or a back space.
My opinion is that it is worse then a standard keyboard. It forces you to learn new habits which are only little transferable to standard keyboards and at the same time it is not ergonomic. If I'm forced to learn new habits then at least it should be for an ergonomic keyboard.
The column staggered split keyboards like ergodox are better. One can adjust angles and distances when using them. Moreover it does not waste both your thumbs on one big ass space key.
Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 11:34
by Menuhin
As a new industrial design this keyboard is quite neat. And as expected when I take a closer look, nav cluster has to be compromised unless they use the one row setting.
There are lots of cool and more competitively priced keyboard products from China that enthusiasts in DT / GH can use a proxy.
Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 11:45
by Mr.Nobody
Ration:One keyboard for each ID,and it's highly probable that they will postpone the shipping due to Lunar New Year Holidays.
So I will continue to listen to Rammstein, although I can't understand a single word of its lyrics.
Posted: 04 Jan 2017, 11:49
by Findecanor
I really like the idea behind the design, but the layout is not very good. As previously said, a uniform 1/2 stagger is not nice to type on.
The larger keys being narrower in the middle where people tend to hit them is a big fail. More ergonomic - and also more like a typewriter would be to use slightly larger circular keys. In this case, a ISO layout would have been better.
The larger keys also seem to be implemented as two switches, which are harder to press unless you use lighter switches or if you let one in a pair of switches be a dummy - and did they really do that?
Posted: 05 Jan 2017, 04:04
by Mr.Nobody
Findecanor wrote: I really like the
idea behind the design, but the layout is not very good. As previously said, a uniform 1/2 stagger is not nice to type on.
The larger keys being narrower in the middle where people tend to hit them is a big fail. More ergonomic - and also more like a typewriter would be to use slightly larger circular keys. In this case, a ISO layout would have been better.
The larger keys also seem to be implemented as two switches, which are harder to press unless you use lighter switches or if you let one in a pair of switches be a dummy - and did they really do that?
I think they do, dummy-switches are called "satellite switches."here. In fact this product IMHO is for consumer market not for experts or connoiseurs, I bet 99% of the buyers have little or even zero experience of using other mechenical keyboards let alone vintage ones. It has a fashional appearance and adequate functionalities which are rather appealing to young consumers especially Apple users I think.
Posted: 05 Jan 2017, 05:13
by Findecanor
Then why post it here?
Posted: 05 Jan 2017, 07:46
by kokokoy
This was run on MD lately. Didn't join that because of the crazy int shipping. I think livingspeedbump has one of this.
Posted: 05 Jan 2017, 10:16
by vometia
As others have said, the odd stagger would be a bit off-putting, and for me personally so would the lack of a curve: I'm not so fond of flat keyboards. But I really love the way it looks, though: it looks a sort of futuristic take on a typewriter. Nice to see something a bit different.
