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Title: Weird shift lag problem
Post by: xyzyx3 on Mon, 05 April 2010, 03:16:24

Well, I broke my favourite keyboard (coffee spill). It worked for 11 years and would probably have lasted 10 more if it wasn't for my stupidity... anyways, I'm trying out new ones. Something I've noticed is that when I type for example my name (which I can type very fast - around 1000 CPM) with correct casing the shift key will lag to the second letter, it goes like this: John Doe JOhn Doe JOhn DOe John DOe. It has happened on most "standard" keyboards I've tried so far. PS2 or USB doesn't make any difference so is it lagging because the shift key is a little heavier (i.e. it's normal) or because the keyboards are "normal" cheap ones?

Any recommendations on a keyboard that has very responsive/fast keys and doesn't cost too much? Thanks :)

Title: Weird shift lag problem
Post by: ch_123 on Mon, 05 April 2010, 03:29:30

What sort of keyboard was your old one?

I think any good quality keyboard will avoid the issues you described above, although, now that you mention it, I used to have that problem a lot too... Im pretty sure it disappeared when I started using mechanical keyboards. I always assumed I wasn't lifting shift quickly enough.

Title: Weird shift lag problem
Post by: xyzyx3 on Mon, 05 April 2010, 03:59:05

It was one of these without hand rest: http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/keyboards/mitsumi-kfkea5sa-ps2.asp - not that cheap nowadays. :)

Yes, maybe I've always had the shift lag issue and started noticing it now, I can't remember really, I do use backspace a lot.

Title: Weird shift lag problem
Post by: hyperlinked on Mon, 05 April 2010, 04:37:13

Quote from: xyzyx3;169619

It was one of these without hand rest: http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/keyboards/mitsumi-kfkea5sa-ps2.asp - not that cheap nowadays. :)

It must be this vendor selling that keyboard:
Giant Ball of Orange Static (http://www.appleparts.com/view_item.htm?itemID=867)

Title: Weird shift lag problem
Post by: kishy on Mon, 05 April 2010, 04:41:30

That price and they still don't include batteries? Rip off.

I wonder if that lady would actually mail you her cat if you paid up...

Title: Weird shift lag problem
Post by: hyperlinked on Mon, 05 April 2010, 04:45:37

Quote from: kishy;169625

That price and they still don't include batteries? Rip off.

I wonder if that lady would actually mail you her cat if you paid up...

It used to be that if you tried to add the cat to your cart it'd tell you the item was out of stock, but I guess it's not so clever now that he's using a PayPal cart.

Title: Weird shift lag problem
Post by: kishy on Mon, 05 April 2010, 04:50:53

She's gouging on shipping to Canada. Boo.

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=8896&stc=1&d=1270461018)

Wonder if that's Priority Mail or a courier?

Title: Weird shift lag problem
Post by: hyperlinked on Mon, 05 April 2010, 05:18:02

Actually, the owner of that business is some guy. I don't know who's in that photo. I picked up some spare parts from that guy a few years ago and I sold an old Powerbook to him to use as parts.

The giant ball of orange static is in several categories of his store and he seems to move it around every now and then so you'll be browsing for parts for say an iPod Classic 16Gb and mixed in with all these $15 to $30 parts is suddenly this $266,025.80 price tag!

It was actually even more expensive the first time I ran into it. ;)

Title: Weird shift lag problem
Post by: xyzyx3 on Mon, 05 April 2010, 21:49:32

Ok, thanks gonna check them out.