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The day I lost Ctrl.
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Update Highlights
Svalboard (Datahand)
Kinesis Form Keyboard
TeleVideo 950 terminal (1980)
Onikuma Gaming Vertical Mouse2024-11-10 bought car jump starter, ipad case, laptop stand, usb drive lanyard
- Bought these things.
- Today, amazon reviews and most reviews are almost useless.
- Shill is the word.
- Huge amount of fake reviews, including the so called wirecutter hosted by new york times.
- And on amazon, you have one bunch of idiot 1 star rating saying it's worst buy in their life because the color broke.
- you can find links by searching Xah keyboard Blog
- NOCO Boost Plus GB40 Car Battery Jump Starter
- Buy at amazon
- Tonmom laptop stand 2024-11-12 085151
- Buy at amazon
- cobee Finger Lanyard Small Wrist Strap, 4.72 inch (for usb drive)
- Buy at amazon
set up Hover Mouse Auto Click. hand pain saver.
- on Microsoft Windows
- Windows: Mouse Hover to Activate Window
- on Microsoft Windows, AutoHotkey is best tool to setup key shortcuts.
- saves hand stress pain.
- AutoHotkey: Launch App
- i started to use it to launch emacs.
- everytime i press the key, it launches a new instance, instead of switch. (this is desired)
- this is desired, since i switch by mouse hover.
- new instance lets you do things while old is running some script.
some random minor updates
- one has to be careful with apple stuff.
- icloud.
- when u buy a new apple comp, icloud is on by default.
- so, magically, everything u do is sent to apple.
- worse, all your other devices that has icloud off, now sync with ur current, thus sent to apple.
- and magically, i found i have 1 giga bytes of backup at icloud even, i was already careful, turned icloud off.
updated
End of an era. Microsoft stops making ergonomic keyboards. 1994 to 2023. rumor is that, another company, bought the right to continue make some of them.
Keyboard with Bad Function Keysupdates
OASYS 100 Word Processor, Year 1980
OASYS 100DP Word Processor, Year 1992
OASYS 30-AP101- new photo
- Trackball Roller Plus
Started to ditch PowerToys, and use AHK instead. PowerToys is becoming bloated.
updates
updated.
updated. more update to come.
- ๐ Elecom LST Trackball
Kantai Collection Stickers keyboard
Fox Lab Time 80 Keyboard
- Both are extremely top quality.
- If you prefer conventional looking, easy adoption, easy key programing, sturdy, and compact, uhk is better.
- For home or office use, i'd get a external key macro pad and external trackball.
- The addon trackball etc is not suitable for long hours professional work.
- If you prefer more ergonomic, long term use on desktop, glove80 is better.
Glove80 Keyboard with linear 30g force switch
Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070sb Display, 1999
Alice Layout- new foto.
- Flat Maltron Keyboard
- also, major update
- Kinesis Form Keyboard
Gateron KS-33 Low Profile 2.0 Switches
linux, mouse scroll wheel acceleration
Maltron Keyboard HistoryMacBook Air M2 keyboard touch lightness
- Was at Costco and test out the macbook air keyboard.
- Much better than the MacBook Air M1 (2021) i have.
- Namely, the key is much lighter, also a bit more travel distance.
random updates
how to press keys to avoid Repetitive Strain Injury
assuming a normal keyboard or laptop keyboard,
- For the Escape 1 2 keys, move your whole hand. Don't bent wrist, don't use pinky.
- For Tab key, if you have a normal keyboard, move hand over to left of keyboard, palm bottom sitting on desk, press it with index finger or ring finger. Don't bend or move finger.
- for Shift key, you should turn on Sticky Keys
- For the minus, plus, square bracket keys, don't press with pinky. Move your whole hand, press with index finger or ring finger.
Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Mouse 6000- ๐ Razer Naga Trinity (2017)
- ๐ Razer Naga X (2020)
- ๐ Razer Naga V2 (2022)
updates
- ๐ Apple Keyboard A1016 M9270LL/A (2003)
- 2015 Macbook Pro keyboard
- MacBook Pro keyboard, Canadian Multilingual Layout
- MacBook Pro 16-inch, 2019
- MacBook Pro M1 2021
HP USB mini Keyboard
IBM 3276 Display Station (1979)- Keyboard Enter/Return Key Symbol
- Apple Keyboard Key Symbols โ โฅ
- Backspace Key: Key Label's Influence on Key Purpose
The uhk, a product of love. Deep hacker love. Its software, is the best, and updated every year.
It is the most, easy to use, robost, and best in all aspects. And when it comes to update or firmware update, it's automatic. Just click a button from the automatic notification, it's all done.
here's my current layout. i use it as a keyboard macro pad.
updates
updates
- added video
- TecStorm Track Scoll 1 Mouse (2001)
- added video
- Trackball Roller Plus
Small Talk MousePhonesome minor updates.
- my notes. need to buy a cam for review keyboards
- Best Video Camera for Livestream
Optimot Keyboard Layout
xtodo
- Hello
- I see you have a page on the French layouts.
- French Ergonomic Layouts: dvorak-fr, bvofrak
- I'd like to point out the existence of a new layout I've designed that corrects all Bepo's weaknesses: it's called Optimot. Optimot is gaining in popularity. MoErgo produces Optimot keycaps for Glove80.
- https://optimot.fr/
- Here is a short presentation:
- Optimot is a keyboard layout optimized for French and English, for all kind of keyboards: classic staggered-row (ISO or ANSI), ortholinear or split. Its design draws on the experience of Bรฉpo to further improve typing comfort for all configurations. It uses angle-mod on staggered keyboards with an additional backspace key at the center of the keyboard.
- While I'm at it, I'd like to say that your page on computer character frequencies has been a useful tool for me. Thank you.
major updates
- ๐ IBM Model F Keyboard, 1981
- ๐ IBM Model M type 3192-G, 1985
- ๐ IBM Model M 3193 keyboard, 1988
- ๐ IBM Model M2 (1992)
- ๐ IBM KB-9930 Keyboard (year 2000)
- some new linux keyboard remap macro tools since 2015. kmonad xkeysnail keyd kanata
- Linux: Keyboard Software Guide
major re-org of the index pages. now each has a topic box at bottom.
new pages
IBM 526 Printing Summary Punch (1964)
SHARP MZ-700 PC, Year 1982
SORD M5 Computer, 1982
SEGA SC-3000 Computer, Year 1983
Nintendo Family Basic Keyboard HVC-007 (1984)new and updates
Nidd Valley Digimouse (1986)
Fujisu Spaceballmajor update