What the Microsoft ergonomic keyboard *should* have been

[Snarfangel]

Nothing too crazy here. I was looking through the various images here ( http://www.talisman.org/~erlkonig/ergonomics/pictures/?sort=name ) -- many, many Maltrons! -- when this pic caught my eye:

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Compare it to this:

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or even this:

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The name of the file, mskeybd-proto.jpg, leads me to think it was a model for Microsoft's ergonomic offering. Since it gets rid of staggered keys and has a separate number pad, it looks even more ergonomic.

Edit: Ah, there was a thread on this already. http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?20470-Microsoft-prototype-split-keyboard&highlight=microsoft+prototype

[davkol]

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[purple_haze]

Nothing too crazy here. I was looking through the various images here ( http://www.talisman.org/~erlkonig/ergonomics/pictures/?sort=name ) -- many, many Maltrons! -- when this pic caught my eye:

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Compare it to this:

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or even this:

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The name of the file, mskeybd-proto.jpg, leads me to think it was a model for Microsoft's ergonomic offering. Since it gets rid of staggered keys and has a separate number pad, it looks even more ergonomic.

Edit: Ah, there was a thread on this already. http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?20470-Microsoft-prototype-split-keyboard&highlight=microsoft+prototype

I only joined in the mechanical keyboard game because i accidentally spilled wine on my ergonomic keyboard.  I had 2 ergo's previously before investing in my DAS.  Mechanical cropped up into Starcraft 2 discussions and it was hard to hotkey numbers with the split.  I still miss typing on them.  i loved the freakout when friends would come by to only act like a monkey trying to turn on a computer when using that keyboard.  If they microsoft would release a tenkeyless ergo, i would maybe get one again.

[Tricks]

I wish there would be an affordable NOT crazy looking mechanical ergo keyboard just like the M$ 4000 or 3000 or 2000.