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Microsoft surface book problems
My Microsoft surface pen stopped working one day after a Microsoft Windows update. Also, typecover keyboard, which i don't use much. But one day, i tried to use it, it won't power on.
updated Microsoft Surface Pro
bought a magnetic usb connector.
bought this
bought
Logitech G604 Mouse
and
Logitech G-Hub is the Worst Software
gonna write a review soon
todo. read. [Chapter 6:CASE STUDY 2:CHORD KEYBOARDS By Bill Buxton. At http://www.billbuxton.com/input06.ChordKeyboards.pdf ]
Bill Buxton is a input expert in academia. He's old, 60 or 70s. He has a collection of input devices and website. But the photos are all tiny. He's on twitter. But i stopped following him. Cuz he doesn't really post interenting things.
I repeat, never buy logitech webcam. Added a video review.
Mistel Barocco is back!
Ultimate Hacking Keyboard
updated on the spec of the bridging cable.
cheap action cam can work as webcam
just discovered.
someone bought this. Logitech G700s Mouse. $400 on amazon. by the way, that was the best mouse.
massive curved monitor
someone bought it. join xahlee club discord
Typing Habits, Repetitive Strain Injury ⌨
now with nav box at bottom of every page there.
How to Program Kinesis Keyboard
updated. bottom.
You got my page key philosophy wrong! I am never against page up down key. In fact, prefer to have those keys. And, i've always been espousing ctrl+pgup or pgdn to switch tab. Cuz, it's more ergonomic, and less keystrokes. But most nerd idiots insists ctrl+tab and shift tab. And those hhkb and 60% faaks no even have page up/down key, so they prefer ctrl+tab and ctrl shift tab crap. However, in studying the page key, all aspects, including history, i think it's a sorry state that the page key got invented. Because, mouse wheel, or touch pad swipe, is much more fitting. More efficient. But, understand, we cannot change history. Wheel and touchpad were invented 20 years later. So, in summary, it's a bit complex. Page up/down, physical keys, are great. Faak the nerd idiots with their 60% or 40% faak. But, in view of history, page up/down really shouldn't be there in the first place. Also, i so despise those nerds who use space instead of page down. Page down is proper. Space is hack. For example, u can see emacs, often have space to do page down. And it's very common among nerds in 90s. Faak hackers and their ways.
see its use at KeyMouse
Keyboard Page Key
massively expanded.
Modifier Keys Usage Frequency
major expansion.
Gergo Keyboard
Massive update.
New layout for xah fly keys. Fantastic.
And criticism of gergo keyboard.
on its own page
benzene666 keyboard
added. on hexagonal key arrangement
Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
added tips about save screenshot in jpg format
Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
minor update
Character Frequency Counter. Added new feature. Filter out Chinese.
major update.
tons of new photos.
See also: Keyboards with Volume Wheel
Das Keyboard
minor update
new photo. thanks to sezen.
Logitech G502 Mouse
added more photos
Where to Buy Keycaps
updated
Emacs vs vim, Compute Keybinding Efficiency
major update
CODE Keyboard minor update
Microsoft's PowerToys project, the Keyboard Manager, is looking good. added to Windows Keyboard Software Guide
Mac vs Windows vs linux
someone asked me, which is better. A very frequently asked question.
someone asked about typing dvorak with pinyin or other input system.
Elecom HUGE Trackball
Elecom HUGE vs Logitech MX Ergo,
A review by Takom.
Best Laptop Someone asked. This is my recommendation.
Diverge 4 is out. and bunch of updates on other pages.
Mac Keyboard Tools
updated
Xah Keyboard Guide
new gui design
Windows Keyboard Software Guide
added a app that shows key press and keycode.
See also: Programable Keypads
Kinesis Keyboard Gallery added a new mod.
Best Numeric Keypads minor update
minor updates.
XahTV 2020-06-06. math of seashell, kinesis vs UHK vs xbows keyboards, juggling and math
now, am back to kinesis advantage2 as my main keyboard. I must say, it is truly more comfortable than uhk.
Jonathan Blow smashes Razer BlackWidow keyboard. see How Razer Keyboards Suck
- todo, work in progress Emacs Meta Key History
KeyMouse seems gonna continue production. See link to their blog at top there. thanks to Kowodo for the tip.
Laptop Cooling Pad
Elgato Stream Deck keypad has a 32 key version.
Programable Keypads
minor update.
major and minor updates.
Varmilo EC Switch
added videos.
HAVIT Keyboard
added a video
Guide to Keyboard Key Switch Mechanisms
added kailh choc switch.
How to Avoid Mouse Hand Pain
major update.
Logitech G-Hub is the Worst Software
major addition
minor updates
- Elecom EX-G Pro Trackball
- Trackball Ball Sizes and Replacement
- Slimblade Trackball
- Ploopy Trackball
- L-Trac Trackball
- Kensington Expert Mouse
- PERIBOARD-322 Keyboard with Trackball
add Elecom EX-G Pro Trackball ball size, and to the ball size page
minor updates
now on amazon.
minor updates.
- Keycap Profiles
- Guide to Keyboard Key Switch Mechanisms
- VE.A Keyboard
- Computer Keyboards Gallery
- Computer Keyboard Design Flaws
- Humble Hacker Keyboard
- History of Kensington Expert
- Kensington Expert
- Kinesis Advantage2 Keyboard Review
- Ergonomic Keyboards Size Comparison
- Logitech G815/G915 Keyboard
- Computer Keyboards Gallery
- Wooting Keyboard
- Trackball Size Comparison
Logitech Trackman 1989 Trackball
new photo
this can solve the tablet single usb problem. either you buy bluetooth keyboard and mouse, or you get a magnetic usb connector, and a portable usb hub.
major updates
SkeleTron Keyboard
updated, with correct info.
XahTV. TRON Keyboard, NEC M-System keyboard Japan Thumb-Shift Keyboard. Topre. 2020-05-08
Topre Switch
The name Topre, came from Tokyo Press, because the company was named Tokyo Press Kogyo Co Ltd, and got renamed in 1985 Oct to Topre Corporation. Also, topre patent expired in 2004. This is probably why, you see chinese capacitive switches, such as Varmilo EC Switch [thanks to Captain Alan.]
updated at Guide to Keyboard Key Switch Mechanisms
KeyMouse minor update.
updated a lot on Japanese and chinese keyboards
Once we have rectification of the spelling system, then, we could have proper uniform abbrev for syllables. This would potentially beat stenotype, but with normal non-chorded typing
got ban'd by twitter yester 2020-05-05. Thinking, quit twitter.
Logitech G502 Mouse
added efficient button setup
how often do you open link in a new tab?
Why Swap Mouse Right Button and Middle Button
major update
Pinyin Letter Frequency problem, the removal of v
added to bottom
Pinyin Letter Frequency 拼音字母頻率
lots new photos
someone bought from my site link. who is Eluktronics? Probably a chinese nameless brand. Good reviews.
How to Avoid Mouse Hand Pain
updated.
updated or new pages
reddit, confusion of touch typing, typing speed, and ergonomics
this idiot, am about to address https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/g8b055/change_my_mind_touch_typing_is_the_main_cause_for/
lol. what a idiocy. though, thanks for citing my site.
Put a bath towel over your hands. If you can work like that for 10 min, yeah, you touchtype. That's the proper definition.
most people who claim that they touch type but not in the standard fingering, simply cannot do that.
i didn't get rsi because i touch type. i touch typed for 15 years before i got rsi. and i got it because i was using a laptop exclusively for 2 years, in 2004.
you can see this documented here How to Avoid Emacs Pinky
later on i had more bouts of RSI , because i type more than Sean Wrona and your mom combined, for 10 years.
those people who had rsi are mostly because they type much more. similar to pro athletes get more injury than couch potato gamers.
Sean Wrona does not do standard finger, nor dvork, nor consider keyboard important, because, he's a typing savant. He touch type since he's 3 years old.
Barbara Blackburn, world record holder, touch type on dvorak back in 1980s on IBM Selectric.
Also, don't mix hand health with typing speed with keyboard physical layout like noodle. Not sure what you trying to claim. Ortholinear is slightly better for hand health than traditional. Split is critical for hand health if you actually type a lot. (as by a key log, not what you feel) Key letter layout is not critical in speed improvement nor hand health, in general. Lastly, espousing idiosyncratic typing method is idiotic, unless you are a typing prodigy like Sean. AND, ergonomics keyboard means comfort and means no RSI.
if you can cover your hands with bath towel and work for 10 min, yes you touch type.
That is interesting. Did you use an ergo keyboard during the 15 years before you got rsi? Once you got RSI from your keyboard, it transfered over to regular non-split keyboards? Even today? Or is it merely a preference by now?
i started touch typing (standard fingering) since 1987 on electric typewriter. Started to use computer in 1989. Hated ergo keyboards. Till 2004, i had rsi, cuz i was typing on laptop exclusively for 2 years. Got myself Microsoft Natural. Adopted it. Since, never want to type on a normal pc keyboard. After 2 min, feel uncomfortable.
tons of articles i've detailed, start at My Typing/RSI Experience
I think it's funny that you always talk about how much you type and how everyone who disagrees with you just simply doesn't type as much as you do. It's funny, because you seem to miss the irony: your advice would be irrelevant if it is only relevant to people who type as much as you do, which you claim no one does :D
Many questions about hand health depends on how much you really type. This is important: as measured by a keylog, not what you think how much you type. How Many Words Do You Type a Day?
Since 2010, i type more than vast majority of programers or writers, to such extreme that i'd say, many things i do does not apply to average programers. For example, is split keyboard important? well, if you are average programer, then maybe not. So what is “average”? This comes back to your keylog.
when you want the best methods about hand health, it is with regards to heavy typists, not “average” keyboard users. For example, professional ram ball players have professional training to avoid injury as much as possible. Sports training, sport science. Do average person need to follow them just to run a mile? no. Does it mean sport training are all bullshit?
I recommend ergonomic keyboard, mechanical keys, split/tented, and even with curved surface such as kinesis advantage, and dvorak, and proper touch typing, and i recommend lots thumb keys, ban key chords, and in emacs, use modal such as xah fly keys or evil mode, and i recommend dual mouse.
are these tips great for your mom? No. Rubber dom is fine. But don't say it's better.
Sean Wrona, one of the fastest typist
He does not follow standard touch typing fingering.
Keyboards and Layouts:
I am frequently asked which keyboard layout I use. I have only ever used the traditional QWERTY layout. I recognize that Dvorak and Colemak may be better on the hands, but it would be too much of a loss of speed in my case to justify switching. I used a Das Keyboard Professional Silent until it wore out but have since switched to a Logitech Illuminated Keyboard k740. I do not particularly feel much of a speed difference between the two keyboards, although the Das Keyboard probably did feel better to type with.
Typing Tips:
I am also frequently asked for tips on typing faster. I believe my biggest advantage in typing is that I do not necessarily use the same finger to type the same key. I use whichever finger is most comfortable, which can vary based on the context of the letters in the word. I cannot completely explain what I'm doing since I have been doing it since my childhood and it comes naturally, but I do tend to use whichever finger is closest based on the positioning of my hands typing the other letters in the word. Additionally, if you want to increase your speed, do not type each word at uniform speed. Speed through the easier words and take a little more time on the harder words to ensure accuracy. Always focus on the word after the word you are currently typing so there are no unnatural pauses in your typing. I recommend using caps lock instead of shift to type capital letters to allow more flexibility in the hand that you would normally use shift with. Finally, with regard to online typing games, for whatever reason my scores seem to register higher in Google Chrome. Although this won't actually improve your speed, it could improve your nominal scores on certain typing sites.
working in past 5 hours, on apl and unicode. Following updated.
random articles of the day.
- Linux vs Mac vs Windows, Which is Best for Keybinding?
- Programable Keyboards with Onboard Memory
- Keyboard Firmware
- Keyboard Shortcut and Layout Tutorial
@Takom#1480 my global keybinding ... that'd be Emacs: Xah Fly Keys then perhaps this article captures the overall picture: Why Tiling Window Manager Sucks (xmonad, ratpoison, dwm, etc)
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X-Bows Knight Keyboard
new photo.
updated.
Mechanical Keyboard: Kailh Switch
random articles.
Gergo Keyboard
added a video, of the creator typing on gergo, with ultra light switches.
Windows: Single-click Open File
updated.
Windows: Mouse Hover to Activate Window
new page.
See also:
new navigation panel.
new photo. Georgi keyboard.
Apple Adjustable Keyboard 1993, for sale. contact hectort256@gmail.com , only if you are serious
Kinesis/ErgoDox Keyboard Layouts
major rewrite.
Space Cadet Keycaps
repost.
random old articles.
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