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If ever there was a kickass keyboard, this is it
Posted: 10 Jan 2006, 00:28
by Caydr
http://www.gizmag.com/go/4283/
Gotta get one of these when they're available. Look at the pictures. Looks like it'll blow the likes of ZBoard out of the water, that's for sure. No wonder they were pushing their product so aggressively lately.
Posted: 10 Jan 2006, 00:40
by SinbadEV
*drool*
I have a Zboard and I just plain gave up on it after a couple weeks...
that would be teh hot... imaging you could have like a screen saver for the thing when your computer was idle...
Posted: 10 Jan 2006, 00:46
by Das Bruce
Old news.
Posted: 10 Jan 2006, 00:49
by Decimator
Old news that people haven't read is New news, Bruce. This keyboard looks awesome.
Posted: 10 Jan 2006, 02:27
by Zoombie
Psycoldellic!
And i have one!
( i dont care for Z-bords...they screw up my typing skillz!)
Posted: 10 Jan 2006, 08:31
by PauloMorfeo
PauloMorfeo, in Happypenguin.org wrote:asfand wrote:I was just wondering: why does everybody use WSAD for up/down/left/right? ...
If i'm thinking correctly, it started from the times of the mod "Action Quake" for Quake 2. Until then, everyone used the arrow keys but that mod shipped with a default config of WSAD, which were the keys used by a former champion of that mod. (i think)
Why is WSAD better than keys that are downer the keyboard (like zxcv)? Because of your thumb. If you use lower keys, you will have problems making your thumb reach for example the "space" key. (In fact, even using WSAD, the keyboards are a little small for the thumb to confortably reach "space").
I use, whenever i feel like configuring the controls, YHGJ.
First, it allows my thumb to confortably land on top of the "Alt Gr" key. I use my thumb for jumping instead of "Right-Mouse" and "Alt Gr" is much more easy to press than "space" and "space" gets more spent by other uses than "Alt Gr".
Second, i have access to alot of keys. Alot! With WSAD, your fingers on the left only have actually access to "Ctrl", "Shift" and "q". On YHGJ, you have as many keys on the left, up, right and down as your fingers can reach. In the surrounding, only the "b" key is not easily accessible.
And about using the arrow keys, that method obviously sucks and is meant only for those who don't know which keys are used by the game.
http://happypenguin.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1883
Posted: 10 Jan 2006, 10:22
by M@n1@c
just wait 1 month and you can buy it
Posted: 11 Jan 2006, 04:11
by Neuralize
Boner.
Posted: 11 Jan 2006, 06:52
by Gluemeon
That's certainly quite the keyboard, I wish I had one. Almost (but not quite) as good as Das Keyboard on my Keyboard Awesomeness Scale (KAS)
Posted: 11 Jan 2006, 13:16
by NOiZE
not a keyboard for me
i think i will break it :D
Posted: 11 Jan 2006, 13:24
by Agiel
If only someone could tell me what's so good about Das Keyboard. I mean, it's really ugly!
Now this
is a sweet keyboard!
And if they would release one with the dvorak layout I would never have to look for another keyboard ever
Posted: 11 Jan 2006, 15:32
by Tim Blokdijk
My keyboard: The CyMotion Master Linux..
Fine board with Tux on it
Posted: 13 Jan 2006, 12:09
by Gluemeon
Sure Das Keyboard might look like a brick with keys on it but who needs 'aesthetics' and 'comfort' when you can have no labels on your keys?
Posted: 26 Jan 2006, 03:59
by DayDayRules
Posted: 26 Jan 2006, 17:30
by Aun
I have the same in blue. Sexy.
Posted: 05 Feb 2006, 15:20
by smoth
I hate those keyboards and zboards have horrid response.
Lets face it the slowest part of a keyboard is you.. the distance covered by a keypress. I use a logitech flat keyboard, I dare say my wpm has increased 5-10.
Posted: 05 Feb 2006, 17:15
by Aun
smoth wrote:I hate those keyboards and zboards have horrid response.
Lets face it the slowest part of a keyboard is you.. the distance covered by a keypress. I use a logitech flat keyboard, I dare say my wpm has increased 5-10.
Personally I hate flatboards. They just feel weird.
Posted: 05 Feb 2006, 18:18
by mother
While the original OLED keyboard this thread was about kicks ass (or would kick ass if it existed and wasn't an artists concept)..
The one singular kick-assest most bestest keyboard is the IBM model M.
Loud clicky keys... Can also be used to commit homicide if needed.
It pwns all other normal style keyboards.
Posted: 05 Feb 2006, 22:51
by Aun
That is no keyboard! It is a building material with keys!
Looks like the keyboards at my school actually. =P
Posted: 06 Feb 2006, 04:31
by Caydr
Yeah, I think I'd settle for one of those flat ones for the next one I get when I arbitrarily decide that, for some reason, this one just isn't good enough. I find it much easier to type on a laptop despite ths lesser amount of space you have to work with, and a similarly-flattish regular keyboard would probably do the trick for when I'm not on my lt.