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My HHKB Lite 2 review

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xsphat:
I'll try it, but no guarantees it'll make it through the night if it sucks.

You guys don't understand - my life has been really bad the last couple days, like really really bad, and this would be the ultimate badge of failure for me, a real, "Thanks, God," moment. This, I think, means it can't be good.

Maybe I could donate it to willitblend.com ...

Or, maybe since the worst of it seems to have passed, you got a bunk one and mine will be OK. I bought it to leave at work, after all. Well, in any case, if the UPS person catches me, we'll know for sure later today.

karlito:
lol willitblend.com never seen that before.

As for my HHKB lite it's being returned to PFU they charge a 15% restocking fee :(. oh well.

xsphat:
http://www.willitblend.com/

Funny stuff, huh?

xsphat:

--- Quote from: karlito ---1) The Fn key does not appear to be sent to the computer at all, I.E. windows doesn't pick up a keyevent when you press the Fn key. I'm not 100% on this as I don't know of a reliable way to test this. No game was capable of binding to it and a quick and w/ a quick and dirty Java program I didn't get a keyevent.
--- End quote ---


The Mac doesn't register the Fn key on my HHKB Pro 2 either, but that is the same story with EVERY external keyboard I own that has an Fn key. The internal keyboard on the MacBook is the only one that does, but only in Keyboard Viewer. I think the Fn key is a modifier only for the keyboard and not for the OS, because the Fn keys works flawlessly for me regardless of the program or OS I'm using.

mr_sf_applet:

--- Quote from: karlito ---2)By default the key above Enter is a Delete key and to make it a backspace you press the Fn key + delete and it turns into a backspace. However, if you're like me and prefer a backspace key to be above the Enter you can flip a switch on the keyboard but Fn+backspace does not turn into delete like you would hope.
I.E.
Dip switch 3 off:
delete key deletes the character to the right of the cursor
Fn + delete key deletes the character to the left of the cursor
Dip switch 3 on:
delete key deletes the character to the left of the cursor
Fn + delete key deletes the character to the left of the cursor (I would have expected it to delete the character to the right)

--- End quote ---


If the HHKB Lite 2 is anything like the HHKB Pro 2, then Fn + DELETE always functions as a backspace key (i.e., deletes to the left of the cursor), regardless of dip switch settings, and Fn + "tilde" key (the rightmost key in the top row) always functions as a DELETE key (i.e., deletes to the right). That way, you always have a BACKSPACE and a DELETE key available no matter how dip switch 3 is set.

Fess up, karlito. Is that an Aeron chair I see in the pic?

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