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Title: CHERRY STRAIT Exclusive Testa Motari Edition
Post by: dotancohen on Tue, 03 January 2012, 14:04:02
One of the KDE devs just got a wood-trim keyboard:
http://dkukawka.blogspot.com/2012/01/cherry-strait-exclusive-testa-motari.html

From the pics, this looks like the worst Cherry keyboard ever. It has the huge enter key, the Insert/Delete block is shaped wrong, the function keys are spaced wrong, the media keys are not grouped together, and the wooden "sticker" has no varnish! From the look of the keycaps and the width of the board, I'm not even sure that their are mechanical switches in there. Is this what Cherry is coming to?
Title: CHERRY STRAIT Exclusive Testa Motari Edition
Post by: piken on Tue, 03 January 2012, 14:09:29
Oh god, that reminds me of the god awful thin aluminum mac keyboards.
Title: CHERRY STRAIT Exclusive Testa Motari Edition
Post by: demik on Tue, 03 January 2012, 14:18:41
Quote from: piken;482507
Oh god, that reminds me of the god awful thin aluminum mac keyboards.

God awful? Eh, I think they're pretty good for scissor switches.
Title: CHERRY STRAIT Exclusive Testa Motari Edition
Post by: Ciardhubh on Tue, 03 January 2012, 14:36:57
Quote from: dotancohen;482503
It has the huge enter key

That return-key is standard for most European layouts (including German, which this is). From the looks of it (and the fact they claim 10 million keystrokes) it's probably a scissor switch.
Title: CHERRY STRAIT Exclusive Testa Motari Edition
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Tue, 03 January 2012, 14:44:09
I like this new one better... Dialekt-Tastatur G83. Too bad not make these as G81 series at least so G80 compatible caps and case body, would be kind of fun ones. Bunch of different regional German boards,
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Title: CHERRY STRAIT Exclusive Testa Motari Edition
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Tue, 03 January 2012, 14:50:56
Sure, but I am a lazy person. Also the Cherry profile has grown on me quite a lot.
Title: CHERRY STRAIT Exclusive Testa Motari Edition
Post by: Ciardhubh on Tue, 03 January 2012, 15:15:54
Quote from: dante;482550
If you are handy with Adobe tools I'm sure you could get WASD to make you some.

Can you get a big EU return key from WASD ? I've only seen the small US key on their site.
Title: CHERRY STRAIT Exclusive Testa Motari Edition
Post by: Ciardhubh on Tue, 03 January 2012, 15:31:51
Quote from: dante;482577
Coming soon

Oh nice, looking forward to that.