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Posted by Myrk- on Tue Jul 19th at 10:41pm 2005

The mac symbols all over the keys kinda gave it away Reno...


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Posted by wil5on on Wed Jul 20th at 12:50am 2005

Thats because its in mac mode myrk... plug it into a windows machine and those keys become alt and windows, at least thats what they seem to be saying.


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Posted by DrGlass on Wed Jul 20th at 3:26am 2005

@Crono, I dont think its really a problem if people want flashy stuff.

I have a problem when the popular "need" for "pimpin' s**t" turns everything into flashy/crappy stuff. Like cell phones, sure all those neat features are nice, but when I ask for a phone with a dot-matrix screen, contact list, and one game (snake) I cant get that, I have to get a web/camera phone with 3,000 ring tones...




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Posted by Windows 98 on Wed Jul 20th at 3:30am 2005

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@Crono, I dont think its really a problem if people want flashy stuff.

I have a problem when the popular "need" for "pimpin' s**t" turns everything into flashy/crappy stuff. Like cell phones, sure all those neat features are nice, but when I ask for a phone with a dot-matrix screen, contact list, and one game (snake) I cant get that, I have to get a web/camera phone with 3,000 ring tones...


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Posted by DrGlass on Wed Jul 20th at 4:55am 2005

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Posted by Windows 98 on Wed Jul 20th at 5:05am 2005

Lets make a club



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Posted by Myrk- on Wed Jul 20th at 9:47am 2005

Anyone know how much over 120 keys with screens on them is gunna cost? I think for the sake of using your memory, a normal keyboard is fine. And tbh I never look at my keyboard anyway.


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Posted by French Toast on Wed Jul 20th at 1:47pm 2005

I think the looking at your keyboard isn't much of an argument. The only reason you don't look at your keyboard is because you have no reason too, you've memorized every key. But if you can make a custom keyboard for any application, you're going to be looking at and using your keyboard differently.

Not sure if I got my point across...




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Posted by DrGlass on Wed Jul 20th at 3:53pm 2005

I dont know, in photoshop for instance if I dont know a short cut key, I would rather keep my eyes on the screen then look down and find a button on my key pad.

then once you memorize your key short cuts you never look at them again.

It would be usefull for codeing but again, once you know what each key does there is not point to look down at it.




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Posted by ReNo on Wed Jul 20th at 5:01pm 2005

I don't really see much use in it for programming - you program in ASCII, so a standard key layout is all you could really want I'd have thought?




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Posted by Rof on Wed Jul 20th at 5:47pm 2005

Maybe for IDEs, I use a few different ones and can never remember whether to hit Ctrl+F5, F6, or Shift+F8 to do "build & execute".

Come to think of it, a keyboard with programmable-image function keys would be a good start (and probably cheaper to make).


I remember reading an old PCW article in the eighties that said by now, we'd all be using touch-sensitive slate-PC type things that displayed the keyboard on the screen (hence could use anything for the keycaps) and some special thixotropic coating so that it gave tactile feedback.



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Posted by Myrk- on Wed Jul 20th at 7:20pm 2005

Keyboard for rich newbies :P


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Posted by Windows 98 on Wed Jul 20th at 7:31pm 2005

even if its for newbies. Its still pretty hot



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Posted by DrGlass on Wed Jul 20th at 11:29pm 2005

I bet the keys would get pretty hot, unless dot matrix doesn't heat up, I dunno




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Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Wed Jul 20th at 11:45pm 2005

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I bet the keys would get pretty hot, unless dot matrix doesn't heat up, I dunno


You're onto something here, let cold fingers be a thing of the past! Horrah for DrGlass, horrah for the future!




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Posted by DrGlass on Thu Jul 21st at 5:38am 2005

I was thinking that if the key board buttons got too hot it wouldn't be nice to use... but I suppose if you played your computer out side in the artic it would be nice.

though there is already some space age product out there that warms hands and holds water or tea...

gloves!




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Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Thu Jul 21st at 5:59am 2005

So I'm to believe that this 'gloves' product not only heats your chilly fingers, but also can hold an unspecified amount of water or tea? Nonsense! Clap-trap!




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Posted by fishy on Thu Jul 21st at 6:28am 2005

i like the half-gallon gloves with the integral drinking straw in the thumb.


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Posted by Crapceeper on Thu Jul 21st at 7:04am 2005

Could be very useful. You could go to the movies without buying something to drink but taking something with you. Something you really like....


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