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got a choc switch tester from mkultra.
minor updates.
learned a new thing from moergo guys. POM keycap. see
One of the great guy in ergo keyboard community is Jane Bernhardt, creator of gergo keyboard. She also created the gChoc, a Kailh choc switch with 20g spring.
Jane Bernhardt came across as a easy going guy but swearing a lot, but she gave me 2 keyboards for free, and also gave me $100 when i was in deep poverty. And apparently, she was also a great person in the DIY makers/startup community.
misc updates and repost
- minor update. bottom The Idiocy of Happy Hacking Keyboard
- Sonder Keyboard site went dead
Centerpiece Keyboard from Finalmouse
https://twitter.com/finalmouse/status/1604323802422419456
- fancy, but impractical.
- they put the lcd under transparent keys
- this means, part of the display, eg the center of each key, will be hard to see
- and, it'd be not practical for the most important use of lcd key, namely, to show changeable label for the key
- if u wanna a screen with keyboard, better would be Buy at amazon
- and, with that, u constantly have to look down on the keyboard, which causes neck problem long term.
- so, even better, is a separate display. eg a small tablet.
- which then, render the whole display on keyboard tech, moot.
- apple tried with the display strip, it failed miserably.
- this kinda tech, is tech for tech's sake. but not actually useful.
Diverge Keyboard, site went dead.
xtodo review
xtodo review
- added a bridging cable to Ultimate Hacking Keyboard
updates
updates
AutoHotInterception (AHI) allows you to execute AutoHotkey code in response to events from a specific keyboard or mouse, whilst (optionally) blocking the native functionality (i.e. stopping Windows from seeing that keyboard or mouse event). In other words, you can use a key on a second (or third, or fourth...) keyboard to trigger AHK code, and that key will not be seen by applications. You can use the same key on multiple keyboards for individual actions. Keyboard Keys, Mouse Buttons and Mouse movement (Both Relative and Absolute modes) are supported.
AHI uses the Interception driver by Francisco Lopez
added some new index page.
- wireless version came out. Slimblade Trackball
holiday you buy season! xah recommend keyboard stuff
- i recommend Kinesis Advantage2 Keyboard
- i recommend M1 MacBook Air
- i recommend ASUS Pro Art Display PA278QV, Xah Display 2021
- i recommend Best External Drive
- this one is supposedly best. Hisense TV (55U8H, 2022 Model) Buy at amazon
don't know about this one, but saw it:
some work on mouse history:
need to buy a good cam so i can actually show keyboards.
- look at what chryosan is using.
- look at what that young asian girl is using.
- look again at that white girl is using.
- Alt Graph Key, Compose Key, Dead Key
- IBM 2741 Printing Terminal
- Unicode APL Symbols
- Create TeX/Math/APL Keyboard Layout
- Symbolics Space Cadet Keyboard
Dactyl Manuform Keyboard new photo, dion battle station 20221004
- Starting to get super proficient with the xbows and my emacs setup.
- Diff experience than the kinesis adv.
- The winning point of the xbows for me, is the super light linear switches. Gateron red.
- There's quite a lot to say about red switches. Cause in past 3 years, i noticed, diff brand has very diff activation force.
- But the spec basically all say 45g.
- Wrote a few times about these but in my mind still confusing.
- gonna go have a whiff of cig, then, sit my ass back on ma power station
- with fantastic xbows red switches keyboard that allows me code a river in no time!
- just did breakfast in bed
- and enough reading random
- and while am lying in bed am using the fantastic red switches of the k60 keyboard
- red switch heaven
- or, more properly put, light linear switch heaven
- now if u r new to mech key switches, i recommend, dev a habit towards linear light switches.
- if u already have experience, u probably know what u like.
- each person have diff finger build, strength, reflex, agility, etc, on how to press keys
- so lite linear switch may not be for everyone, but i recommend u try, if u just starting. good for long term
- i used to think the common thought that linear switches r for gamers, and tactile or clicky r for typists. but now i think that's incorrect, due to historical habit. i think that, tactile or clicky, are useful only if it is critical to know if a switch has been activated. such as, in a key macro pad. but for typing, lots typing, linear is better.
updates.
misc updates
started to use Sticky Keys again, on Microsoft Windows. So far, great experience.
- this, still best Kensington Orbit Trackball with Scroll Ring
- Dvorak vs Colemak , mentioned at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32064951
Ah. My rsi is creeping back. Too much careless typing in this week. Gotta be super careful. One thing about rsi is that, it is not necessary just too much typing, but too much mindless typing. Meaning, u r not paying attention to proper form or rsi.
Now switching back to this custome num layout. Efficient Layout for Numbers was trying to use normal about 2 weeks ago, thinking, i got too much remap. The problem was, on diff comp, diff keyboard, too confusing and too much to manage. especially when on a tablet. the number remap makes the touch screen keyboard unusable. it doesn't update. But now, switch it back. When typing chinese, or when using lots numbers, the efficiency outweight the remap inconvenience .
- 2022-06-05 xtodo read keyboard connectors/scancode/protocols. https://sharktastica.co.uk/guides/soarers_1
BBC Micro Computer 1981
- xtodo work in progress Emacs Keyboard History
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