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Title: Endgame Achieved
Post by: lightsout714 on Thu, 30 May 2019, 17:31:48
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https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/30/double-height-keyboard/

 :-[
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 30 May 2019, 17:49:45
$200? :confused:

They're chasing too much pot.

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Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: lightsout714 on Thu, 30 May 2019, 18:28:26
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Thu, 30 May 2019, 17:49:45
$200? :confused:

They're chasing too much pot.

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$200? Lol I didn't even read it. The thing looks unusable, the alphas are your wrist rest  ;)
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: Techno Trousers on Thu, 30 May 2019, 19:57:10
Pretty bizarre. Is the top half supposed to be a gaming pad or something? I can't imagine what else I could use it for.
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: fohat.digs on Thu, 30 May 2019, 20:24:07
Truly dreadful.

But the footprint is marginally smaller than a 122-key terminal.
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: Findecanor on Thu, 30 May 2019, 21:39:48
15.5u wide, 1.75 wider on left side, 0.25 narrower on right.
Keys between left shift and Z, and between right shift and /, and extra keys around space bar like JIS ... but ANSI Enter.

No Home key.  Instead: Pause and Calculator. And huge keys for Web Browser, System Monitor, File Manager and ... something.

Apparently the big hole in the keyboard is a carrying handle...
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: TeacherGeek on Fri, 31 May 2019, 06:41:05
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: typo on Fri, 31 May 2019, 07:27:17
Actually, I think that looks awesome! Actual usage I am not sure....
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 31 May 2019, 07:39:59
BTW. We have seen the idea before in the Datalux SpaceSaver (https://deskthority.net/wiki/Datalux_SpaceSaver), which is 14u wide.

To me, a regular 65% or 75% would be more useful.
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: ArchDill on Fri, 31 May 2019, 08:19:22
ewww
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 31 May 2019, 09:54:40
This looks alright.. there's no use of vertical space Above the keyboard, so more keys is sensible.

The hole in the board is probably there to act like a reference touch surface such as the F and J bars.
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: Sintpinty on Fri, 31 May 2019, 19:58:05
I don't really need some keys, but there are keys that i need a lot of.

60% is fine, however 40 or 30% or full size is not okay for me.
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: TeacherGeek on Sat, 01 June 2019, 06:18:35
I think going more vertical is a great idea, but I think their execution is terrible. It's a really ugly keyboard.
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: xtrafrood on Sat, 01 June 2019, 07:15:02
Arrow keys on the left eh?  Well that's different.
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: nelamvr6 on Sat, 01 June 2019, 10:53:42
Hideous.
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: Sintpinty on Sat, 01 June 2019, 14:47:15
Quote from: nelamvr6 on Sat, 01 June 2019, 10:53:42
Hideous.

That's what i thought too, but it's probably gamer oriented.

It doesn't look comfortable to use at all...
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: Wojciech on Mon, 03 June 2019, 03:16:30
What an abomination
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: flurryvelvet on Mon, 03 June 2019, 03:27:08
Quote from: Sintpinty on Sat, 01 June 2019, 14:47:15
Quote from: nelamvr6 on Sat, 01 June 2019, 10:53:42
Hideous.

That's what i thought too, but it's probably gamer oriented.

It doesn't look comfortable to use at all...

yup, I would've liked a proper keyboard with a handle above the F keys instead.
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: Rewind on Mon, 10 June 2019, 16:43:12
The longer I look at this abomination the more I have to laugh, some examples of hilarity:
Title: Re: Endgame Achieved
Post by: lightsout714 on Mon, 10 June 2019, 16:52:54
Quote from: Rewind on Mon, 10 June 2019, 16:43:12
The longer I look at this abomination the more I have to laugh, some examples of hilarity:
  • 3 rows above the enter key we find another enter key
  • apart from the space bar, caps lock is the biggest key on the board
  • the esc key is all the way in the top left

Lol very strange, delete bottom on the bottom row as well.