Problem is, in the Czech Republic, you really need czech keycaps (keycaps with special czech letters and symbols).
And relegendable keycaps are quite above the reach. Since EVERYTHING IS SO MOTHERFLIPPIN' EXPENSIVE to get here! Sorry for that, but my budget hardly supports buying one keyboard and other epxenses are not quite welcomed.
If you want that |_||332-1337 status among enthusiasts.. you gotta go Blanks...
Stickers
Backlit keys
Legend keys
Standard layouts (un-customized)
Colorful keycaps
Keyboard decorations (sans googly-eyes)
ALL tell-tale signs of N00000bness....Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/073.gif)
If you want that |_||332-1337 status among enthusiasts.. you gotta go Blanks...
Stickers
Backlit keys
Legend keys
Standard layouts (un-customized)
Colorful keycaps
Keyboard decorations (sans googly-eyes)
ALL tell-tale signs of N00000bness....Show Image(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/073.gif)
Teach me, master.
I'd personally go with relegendable keys, since they're fairly cheap, and stickers can pick up oils from your fingers and end up looking nasty. Plus relegendable keys you can play around with and change things up if you're bored.
Lot of people go blank, but they're not for everyone. I don't need to see when typing for most things, but every now and again you have to reach for a rarely used key. Also, sometimes you just need to know where things are to have a starting point.
Instead of sticking stickers on keycaps, why not try relengendable keycaps?All of them are in one profile and the keycaps are flat with no texture. You could just as well use a chiclet in that case.
...stickers can pick up oils from your fingers and end up looking nasty...
...stickers can pick up oils from your fingers and end up looking nasty...
I have to disagree. I have been using stickers for months now.
These are vinyl stickers, printed on the sticking side. The side you touch has not been printed at all. The texture is not as sandy as PBT caps, but it's not slick either. To the touch, it's pretty much like new ABS keycaps.
They don't pick oil from your fingers more than the uncovered keycaps.
I don't have stickers on all the keys, because many letters are located at the same place in AZERTY and QWERTY (for example most of the second and third row starting from the bottom). When I type, I can't really tell when I'm hitting a sticker or a regular key.
I guess some day they will wear out, for example a corner will start to unstick, but this is not a problem. A full set of stickers costs $2 or so, and I have several ready in advance.
It's not a perfect solution, but it works well enough.
The first time I used them was on my Realforce 88UB. It is AZERTY already, but has black on dark gray labels. They are unreadable. I cannot type on a blank keyboard, so I had to put AZERTY stickers on an AZERTY keyboard! :(
...stickers can pick up oils from your fingers and end up looking nasty...
I have to disagree. I have been using stickers for months now.
These are vinyl stickers, printed on the sticking side. The side you touch has not been printed at all. The texture is not as sandy as PBT caps, but it's not slick either. To the touch, it's pretty much like new ABS keycaps.
They don't pick oil from your fingers more than the uncovered keycaps.
I don't have stickers on all the keys, because many letters are located at the same place in AZERTY and QWERTY (for example most of the second and third row starting from the bottom). When I type, I can't really tell when I'm hitting a sticker or a regular key.
I guess some day they will wear out, for example a corner will start to unstick, but this is not a problem. A full set of stickers costs $2 or so, and I have several ready in advance.
It's not a perfect solution, but it works well enough.
The first time I used them was on my Realforce 88UB. It is AZERTY already, but has black on dark gray labels. They are unreadable. I cannot type on a blank keyboard, so I had to put AZERTY stickers on an AZERTY keyboard! :(
well if there's paper in there, the oil can still seep in through the sides..
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I don't see the stickers aging at all after several months of daily use. I guess they will eventually, but as I said the stickers are so cheap that the shipping was several times their price. So I ordered several sheets at once for a grand total of less than $15. That's enough for years of use.
lol when I first changed to colemak, I printed out a chart cut out all the keys and glued them to the keyboard.
the keys got super gross really fast. Im sure stickers will be the same way. eventually the glue will start to come out the sides of the stickers and then your keys will be sticky and start turning brown from all the oil and glue and bits of dust. its seriously so gross.
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I don't see the stickers aging at all after several months of daily use. I guess they will eventually, but as I said the stickers are so cheap that the shipping was several times their price. So I ordered several sheets at once for a grand total of less than $15. That's enough for years of use.
Where'd you get yours from? The only stickers I've been able to find are cutesy, novelty stickers that don't look designed for sustained use.
Why such mechanical things without a soul like a sticker can make you feel shame? Your soul need to be less dependent on what other think about you.My thoughts exactly! If it's something you need, especially for work, there's no reason to feel any shame.
Why such mechanical things without a soul like a sticker can make you feel shame? Your soul need to be less dependent on what other think about you.My thoughts exactly! If it's something you need, especially for work, there's no reason to feel any shame.
I could see that but as long as they're done tastefully, ie. black background stickers on a black keyboard with a standard font, I wouldn't see the problem.Why such mechanical things without a soul like a sticker can make you feel shame? Your soul need to be less dependent on what other think about you.My thoughts exactly! If it's something you need, especially for work, there's no reason to feel any shame.
Well, people sometimes mention "professional environment" as something that prevents them from getting a colorful 'board for work.... but I'd add that if you need stickers, it definitely doesn't look like you're an expert in the field. For example, I facepalm everytime I have to go to the post office—those ladies are hunt'n'pecking, although typing is a necessary part of their job. O_o
I could see that but as long as they're done tastefully, ie. black background stickers on a black keyboard with a standard font, I wouldn't see the problem.Why such mechanical things without a soul like a sticker can make you feel shame? Your soul need to be less dependent on what other think about you.My thoughts exactly! If it's something you need, especially for work, there's no reason to feel any shame.
Well, people sometimes mention "professional environment" as something that prevents them from getting a colorful 'board for work.... but I'd add that if you need stickers, it definitely doesn't look like you're an expert in the field. For example, I facepalm everytime I have to go to the post office—those ladies are hunt'n'pecking, although typing is a necessary part of their job. O_o
but I'd add that if you need stickers, it definitely doesn't look like you're an expert in the field.
but I'd add that if you need stickers, it definitely doesn't look like you're an expert in the field.
You are kidding, right?
but I'd add that if you need stickers, it definitely doesn't look like you're an expert in the field.
You are kidding, right?
Absolutely not.
Can you imagine a bus driver that would have to look at the gear stick before each changing gears?
For me, key layout is all in muscle memory. When I am typing I don't have to look at the keyboard, but if I am actively trying to figure out what key to press, I need to see the legends. I am sure I cannot be the only one that is this way.
For me, key layout is all in muscle memory. When I am typing I don't have to look at the keyboard, but if I am actively trying to figure out what key to press, I need to see the legends. I am sure I cannot be the only one that is this way.
Nope, it's exactly the same for me. My first mechanical keyboard was a Das Ultimate. While this proved to be now problem when simply writing texts or code, I was always lost when I had to think about the keys I wanted to press (setting new passwords was especially challenging).
I guess that makes me a keyboard noob, which I am btw.
Last time I checked, Hawking didn't use a keyboard.
I was in a battleship recently and the commander's keyboard had stickers on it for Wordperfect shortcuts and some of the targeting computer keyboards had relegendable keys.