Author Topic: Bastron Glass Smart Keyboard -- has anyone tried this? (Read 8054 times)

Snarfangel · « **on:** Fri, 11 September 2015, 14:45:51 »

This seems like it would be one step below a membrane keypad in feel, but maybe it is better than it looks...

One link here: https://stacksocial.com/sales/bastron-glass-keyboard. I saw a mention of it in an email "What's new now," and thought "Wow, that looks cool, and completely unsuited for typing."

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blcksqrrl · « **Reply #1 on:** Fri, 11 September 2015, 14:50:30 »

Looks about as enjoyable as using an iPad as a keyboard. That is to say, not at all.

BucklingSpring · « **Reply #2 on:** Fri, 11 September 2015, 17:56:10 »

On the plus side - Easy to clean.

But no go for old timers like me who prefers to feel the switches.

inanis · « **Reply #3 on:** Fri, 11 September 2015, 18:48:30 »

I had a Logitech remote once where all the buttons were on a touch screen. It was friggin terrible. You had to look at the remote anytime you wanted to hit stop/pause/vol whatever. I took it back and got a different one with physical buttons. I can't imagine typing on that thing. It is bad enough when I have to endure the screen keyboard on my phone, WHY would I want a stand alone keyboard like that!?!

Quote from: Snarfangel on Fri, 11 September 2015, 14:45:51

"Wow, that looks cool, and completely unsuited for typing." )

So much this. They made it to look fancy, not actually be practical.

trenzafeeds · « **Reply #4 on:** Fri, 11 September 2015, 20:23:51 »

Quote from: BucklingSpring on Fri, 11 September 2015, 17:56:10

But no go for old timers like me who prefers to feel the switches.

Aka all of GeekHack

nubbinator · « **Reply #5 on:** Fri, 11 September 2015, 22:12:20 »

Can confirm, would feel like absolute ****.

Oobly · « **Reply #6 on:** Sat, 12 September 2015, 01:12:55 »

Feels like bottoming out hard as soon as you touch the switches = finger shock. Not to mention that you actually have to hover over the board the whole time, you can't rest any finger on any switch and you can't feel the switch top edges, so you can't touch-type. Pointless piece of tech made simply because they could. Like that laser keyboard thing, athough the supposed benefit of that one was portability.

To touch type you need compliant surfaces and keycap edges.

Den441 · « **Reply #7 on:** Sat, 12 September 2015, 14:05:57 »

This was supposed to be the future! How come in Hollywood futuristic keyboards are often depicted as just glass? Another hollywood fabrication....there's no way you could touch type on these like they do in movies. The REAL futuristic keyboards are mechanical.

hwood34 · « **Reply #8 on:** Sat, 12 September 2015, 14:15:34 »

RIP fingers

GL1TCH3D · « **Reply #9 on:** Sat, 12 September 2015, 14:25:07 »

It reminds me of the laser keyboards that project a keyboard onto a flat surface. Feels really weird and I don't like it a lot.

PrinsPils · « **Reply #10 on:** Sat, 12 September 2015, 15:11:07 »

so painful to type on for a long time.

fanpeople · « **Reply #11 on:** Sat, 12 September 2015, 15:56:05 »

Just wait til the fanbois get a hold of that thing and start normalizing its use, talking about how progressive it is and such. All whilst sipping a chai lattes brewed from twice filtered bin juice and reading The Big Issue. Why make something that would clearly suck at its intended purpose?

Findecanor · « **Reply #12 on:** Mon, 14 September 2015, 12:40:50 »

Touch-screen keyboards do usually have at least visual feedback, and sometimes haptic feedback as well.

knightjp · « **Reply #13 on:** Mon, 31 October 2016, 14:52:31 »

Quote from: Den441 on Sat, 12 September 2015, 14:05:57

This was supposed to be the future! How come in Hollywood futuristic keyboards are often depicted as just glass? Another hollywood fabrication....there's no way you could touch type on these like they do in movies. The REAL futuristic keyboards are mechanical.

Watching this made we want to get myself a surface or try the Bastron keyboard.

1391406 · « **Reply #14 on:** Mon, 31 October 2016, 14:55:25 »

It has a light actuation force going for it at least.

Data · « **Reply #15 on:** Tue, 01 November 2016, 06:28:45 »

About as much feels as typing on a block of ice.

PollandAkuma · « **Reply #16 on:** Tue, 01 November 2016, 09:00:02 »

I already feel pain sometimes when using my trackpad for a long period of time, how can they even live with that keyboard for one day? They'd deform their fingers!

chuckdee · « **Reply #17 on:** Tue, 01 November 2016, 12:01:19 »

They learned keyboard design from 'futuristic' movies, it seems.

mll8394 · « **Reply #18 on:** Sun, 13 November 2016, 07:19:49 »

Looks nice cause futuristic lol, but the feels, #nope

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knightjp · « **Reply #19 on:** Fri, 18 November 2016, 15:49:36 »

Maybe I'm weird, but I would quite like to give that a go. It looks like the keyboard from IronMan.

Leslieann · « **Reply #20 on:** Fri, 18 November 2016, 17:44:11 »

They are not good for your finger joints as it sends a lot of shock to them, even in small doses, over time the damage adds up.

However, you could use something like Swype on it and it would work well.

knightjp · « **Reply #21 on:** Wed, 17 July 2019, 12:31:44 »

Just to update everyone. I have tried the Bastron keyboard and I'm upto 31WPM on 10fastfingers.com

I think that one hinderance with being faster on it is that I'm still yet to get to proper grips with proper typing technique.

Sintpinty · « **Reply #22 on:** Thu, 18 July 2019, 22:13:52 »

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No thank you. Typing on glass bad

Kevadu · « **Reply #23 on:** Fri, 19 July 2019, 02:12:58 »

Get a tablet and 'type' on that? Isn't that all this thing is? Minus the functionality of a tablet that is...

rxc92 · « **Reply #24 on:** Fri, 19 July 2019, 03:36:19 »

Looks like a good way to injure your fingers from tapping them on glass for hours..

Lanrefni · « **Reply #25 on:** Fri, 19 July 2019, 14:24:36 »

3D print a frame to hold some switches with a conductive pad on the bottom of the stem,then make it so you can move the keys and this product would be interesting,but typing on glass by itself is going to hurt like hell.

arydi · « **Reply #26 on:** Thu, 25 July 2019, 07:06:21 »

Just tape a 67 gm Zealios V2 switch on each of your fingertips and you’re good.

nikk · « **Reply #27 on:** Sat, 27 July 2019, 17:55:02 »

Obviously this Bastard is complete garbage! Totally worthless.

On second thought, though it would not work as a daily driver, it might find a place in sterile environments. It would be easy to keep super clean.

Venaros · « **Reply #28 on:** Mon, 29 July 2019, 17:06:47 »

What an abomination


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