Well, hello there,
I’ve come in here with in hopes of suggesting something, and introducing it to people and hopefully there are enough eyes on this that the right ones will see it, construct their own ideas from it, and bring about this vision I’ve been pondering on. I’m not here to only introduce myself but to hopefully expose an idea for someone out there who is passionate enough and capable of extracting this thought and making it to something tangible.
Let’s start with a story.
A little while back I pledged 4 euros to this small project called Steam Deck, to be hopefully able to order for my father a hand-held console. My father has never been a huge gamer of sorts, occasional coins tossed on the slot machines but that’s about as far as he’d go. As a young adult, he had purchased for himself a console called Playstation 1, which shortly after I inherited since work came first and money was stretched thin. Fast forward to present time, I decided to as gesture of good faith to purchase for him Steam Deck to hopefully liven his gamer instincts back up. Unfortunately, he is not very well accustoming to using controllers due to years lack of game experimentation. Our main portable have for the most part in this household been laptops until I became the age of reason. Nothing to worry about tho, as Steam Deck fortunately also has it’s Docking station that allows for far more casual use of the device. Unfortunately, yet again, this is where some problems have started to arise. The accessories to make the use of the product more familiar are too little and lacking in their quality. This is where my idea of taking this concept out to the public and in these forums came about.
Personally I’m very casual scroller usually, I heavily dislike writing or reading a lot, but I decided to give this a chance. Because if there are enough individuals with similar problems, this is where actual geniuses can take advantage of relatively niche market… And hopefully there is a market for this idea since I’d feel pretty stupid in writing all of this otherwise.
So, without further ado, let’s begin to construct the concept.
My idea is of keyboard (surprise, I know), slim and light but sturdy, aluminum with sand blasted finish and texture along with coat of paint brushed to something like dark green… It’s optional but hey, gun metal finish looks good also in most products. Keyboard, similar to Logitech G915 TKL with hot-swappable pcb and low profile MX style switches. And now, to the “piece de la resistance”, connectors located on both east and west, left and right hand sides of the keyboard that enable quick connecting and sturdy locking mechanism to an accessory, whether that would be the numb pad, or specifically in this case, a “Sensel Force Haptic Touchpad”. Both Bluetooth and USB receivers could be utilized for wireless connection, and USB-C cable for charging and potential driver updates.
Additionally this could also come with detachable and replaceable, and different sized feets to allow different angling. Add some custom low profile PBT keycaps… AND BY LORD, PLEASE add Nordic style layout as I come from Finland and it’s very hard for me to have good things.
With that all being said, there’s loads more to improve on this concept and please do. As for me, this is it and this is as far as my imagination goes.
I want to thank you for reading this ramble, or if you decided to run this all through Text to Speech because you’re lazy or busy person, hey, I don’t judge.
All jokes a side, if this could ever be developed, that would be some what of an dream keyboard to me, or rather for me to give to my dad.
That’s it, have a great day and very happy Christmas.
