Xah Keyboard Blog Archive 2024-01

• Trackball Roller Plus

updates

• French Keyboard Layouts
• French Letter Frequency
• French AZERTY Layout
• AZERTY Layout
• 🆕 Canadian French Layout
• New AZERTY French Keyboard Layout (2019)
• Canadian Multilingual Layout
• French Ergonomic Layouts: dvorak-fr, bvofrak
• Bepo Layout (French)
• 🆕 How Do French People Type Accented Characters?

• Keyboard Glossary

• SafeType keyboard
• Ergodex DX1 Input System (2004)

• Keyboard Fun
• Steno and Chording Keyboards

• Keyboards with Wheel n Knobs

• Speed Typing on Multiple Layouts (QWERTY, Dvorak, Colemak)

• Ergonomic Keyboard Layouts
• Workman Keyboard Layout (2010)
• 🆕 Colemak Layout (2005)
• Dvorak vs Colemak
• Pinyin Letter Frequency 拼音字母頻率

major updates.

• Typing Tutorial, Speed Test, Typing Games
• 🆕 World's Fastest Speed Typers
• 🆕 Word Per Minute in Speed Typing
• 🆕 Keyboard and Typing Speed

• added bepo, adnw
• Ergonomic Keyboard Layouts

• German Ergonomic Keyboard Layouts: de-ergo, ADNW
• Bepo Layout (French)
• Russian Keyboard Layout

• Fat Enter Key (ISO)

• Xah Talk Show 2024-04-26 Ep548 Speed Typing, Sean Wrona's Crackpot Theory, Best Emacs Lisp Book

• Monkey Type Speed Typing Website (2024)

• Crackpot Theory of Speed Typer Sean Wrona
• Speed Typing, Barbara Blackburn and Zoomer Grifters

• now can output json
• Character Frequency Plot

• 🆕 L-Trac Trackball CST1350-RC, 2014

• Xah Talk Show 2024-04-24 Ep547, Keyboard Layouts, Dvorak vs Colemak, on French German Spanish Pinyin (Chinese)

added frequency for Spanish, French, German, Pinyin, Russian. also added neo layout, and russian layout.

• Ergonomic Keyboard Layouts

new heatmap for russian layout.

• Russian Keyboard Layout
• Russian Keyboard Layout and Programing
• Russian Keyboards

• Why Not Blank Keycaps

• Microsoft Natural Keyboard

• Design of Keybinding, Key Shortcut, Input System

• International Keyboard Layouts
• 🆕 Multilingual Layouts
• Mac Keyboard Viewer

• German Ergonomic Keyboard Layouts: de-ergo, ADNW
• French Ergonomic Layouts: dvorak-fr, bvofrak

• Japanese Input Method
• Japanese Keyboard Layouts

• Chinese Input Methods
• Chinese Keyboard in James Bond
• Pinyin Letter Frequency 拼音字母頻率

• Apple Keyboard Problems (2006)
• Mac: Create Custom Keyboard Layout

• List of Dvorak Keyboards

• 🆕 Flat Maltron Keyboard
• Maltron Keyboard

• major update. added beakl, halmak, engram, minimak, qwpr.
• Ergonomic Keyboard Layouts

updates.

• Programable Keypad
• Why Programable Keyboards Are Better Than Software Key Remap
• Why Programable Keypad

• Trackball Ball Replacement
• Logitech G502 Mouse

• USB Hub and Cables

• History of Keyboard Mechanical Switches

Keyboard Innovations 2024

• so so many keyboard today
• and cheap.
• it's kinda amazing
• because, we r witnessing tech progress
• and lots innovation, in past 5 years.

• amazing
• explosion of keyswitches
• and many other new tech
• front roller bar for sound level and screen brightness
• hot-swappable
• mini display, became common.
• gasket-mount (a sound dampling technique)
• south-facing led
• south-facing with diffusor
• knob with LED display and push-button in-one.
• lots great alice layout

• EPOMAKER Aula F75
• EPOMAKER RT100 97
• EPOMAKER Brick 87 Keyboard
• EPOMAKER CIDOO ABM066 Alice Keyboard

• AlphaGrip

• EPOMAKER CIDOO V21 keypad

• Programable Keypad

some old article and some update

• EPOMAKER Feker Alice80 keyboard
• Mistel Barocco Split Keyboard

• Misc Keyboards. Index

• HHKB Japanese Layout
• HHKB Type-S

• Happy Hacking Keyboard (HHKB)

• Japanese Keyboard Layouts

• Keyboard Key Switch Mechanisms
• Gateron Switches

• Xah Talk Show 2024-04-13 Ep544 Did Richard Stallman Create Emacs? Happy Hacking Keyboard, Lexical vs Dynamic Scope

• Kinesis Savant Elite2 Foot Pedal

• Xah Talk Show 2024-04-07 Ep543 Wolfram Mathematica, fsharp go vs rust, keyboard layouts, dvorak, colemak, beakl

• Maltron Keyboard

• Trackball Controller 🖲

much update

• Ergonomic Keyboard Layouts

• Keyboard Layout Design 🔠
• Thumb Keyboard Layouts

• Hands Down Layout (2020)
• 40 percent Keyboard Layout and Lobotomized Input System

• Kinesis Advantage Keyboard Layouts

updates

• Programer's Dvorak
• Computer Languages Characters Frequency
• Efficient Layout for Numbers
• Keyboard Layout, Is Inverted Number Row Better?

• Semicolon vs Apostrophe Frequency in Programing Languages

• Dvorak vs Colemak

• 🆕 Beakl Keyboard Layout

major updates.

• AutoHotkey Tutorial
• AutoHotkey: Key Syntax

• AutoHotkey: Launch or Switch App
• 🆕 AutoHotkey: Find ahk_class
• Windows: Set Key to Launch or Switch App
• 🆕 Microsoft Windows Taskbar
• Windows: Create Custom Key Shortcut to Launch App

• 🆕 Windows: Key to Switch Language Input System

• How to Add Dvorak Keyboard Layout

• Delete Key

• Topre Switch

• Difference Between Apple and Microsoft keyboards

• Create Math APL Keyboard Layout

• Bad Keyboard Advice from Programers
• 🆕 Subtle Differences in Keyboard Have Major Impact on Hand-Health and How You Press Keys

• Xah Favorite Key Switch
• Tactile vs Clicky vs Linear
• Key Switch Activation Force vs Resistance Feel
• Mechanical Keyboard and Repetitive Strain Injury

• Keyboard Key Switch Mechanisms

• Keyboard Health Guide

• Azeron Keypad
• Epson Business Full Keyboard, 2004

• SpaceNavigator 3D Mouse

• Xah Guide on Programing the Kinesis 360 USB

• Ergonomic Kneeling Chair

• Electric Shaver

The ultimate hacking keyboard (uhk), most quality and dedication went into. And best keyboard software ever.

• Ultimate Hacking Keyboard (UHK 60 V2)
• 🆕 Ultimate Hacking Keyboard, Addon Modules

• Xah Talk Show 2024-02-26 Ep539 Svalboard Datahand, First Impression

• Xah Lee, Typing Experience and Repetitive Strain Injury

• Svalboard (Datahand)

not sure where this came from. maybe computer generated photo.

orbital trackpad

orbital trackpad 2023, by Lev Popov https://old.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/113rfhm/orbital_tiny_trackpad_batch_one_has_shipped/

minor updates

• Lisp Machine Keyboards ⌨

• LMI Lambda Keyboard
• Symbolics Space Cadet Keyboard
• Space Cadet Keyboard
• Space Cadet Keycaps
• Hyper 7 Keyboard
• Keymacs, Lisp Machine Keyboard

• Keyboard Fun

• Keyboard Light, Light Color by Functional Category

• Programable Keypad
• Max Falcon-8 Macro Keypad
• Xah Battle Station ⌨

Svalboard on Sale

datahand, svalboard, on sale. it's on svalboard discord at svalboard channel https://discord.gg/Wq8XD63rgM , you can also email support@svalboard.com if you want it.

new link. get it at https://svalboard.com/products/refurb-svalboard-alpha-black-and-yellow

• Svalboard (Datahand)

new photo featuring kinesis 360.

• Xah Battle Station ⌨

• Best Ergonomic Keyboards, Xah Pick

new.

• EPOMAKER CIDOO ABM066 Alice Keyboard

lowline vs hyphen

• Computer Languages Characters Frequency
• Character Frequency Plot

• Print Screen Key for Screen Capture
• Design of Keybinding, Key Shortcut, Input System

This livestream webcam, bought by svalboard creator. Good for livestream macro shots on keyboards. We will see how he likes it.

• MOKOSE HD Webcam USB 3840 x 2160 Digital Industrial Camera with CS-Mount 5-50mm Telephoto Zoom Manual Lens UVC Free Drive. Buy at amazon

• Capturing Ultra high definition live images up to 3840x2160/30FPS Per Second, Full Hd Video 1080P/30FPS Per Second For High Quality Live Streaming, Video Calling On Windows / OS X / Linux / Android
• CS-Mount Lenses can be change, Solid aluminum shell material, With 3 meters USB cable. Double 1/4 Inch Screw Thread placement easier for multi-angels placement needs for laptop, desktop, desk and even other flat surfaces.
• Manual focusing helps for Precise focusing and get the clear image accurately
• Features 1/2.5″ 8MP CMOS image sensor for exceptional noise reduction,color reproduction and image low latency
• UVC free driver, Wide Compatibility for Third-party software and Operation Systems: Compatible with Skype, MSN, Facebook, Youtube Live Streaming etc instant messaging applications. Fits for multi-operations including Windows xp / 7/8/10, OS X and Linux or Android

my random notes on buying a cam Best Video Camera for Livestream

• Svalboard (Datahand)

• Xah Talk Show 2024-01-17 Ep531, Datahand, Svalboard, Emacs Xah Dired Mode

misc minor updates

• Mouse Reviews 🖱

• Logitech MX Master 3 Mouse (2019)
• Logitech MX Master Mouse (2015)
• Logitech G604 Mouse
• Logitech G502 Mouse

misc minor updates. need more work.

• Ergonomic Keyboard Layouts
• What is the Most Efficient Keyboard Layout?
• QWERTY Keyboard Layout
• Is QWERTY Better Than Dvorak?
• Dvorak Keyboard Layout
• Programer's Dvorak
• Dvorak vs Colemak
• Keyboard Layout, Is Inverted Number Row Better?
• AZERTY Layout

• French Letter Frequency
• Pinyin Letter Frequency 拼音字母頻率

• Honeycomb Keyboard

• Red Light Bulb, JLAB Bluetooth Headphone

• Nulea M505 Trackball

• Kensington Expert Mouse
• Slimblade Trackball
• Adesso Trackball iMouse T40

• Trackballs Review 🖲

• Trackball Size Comparison

• Trackball Controller Xbox 360
• Elecom Bitra Finger Trackball

minor updates

• Dual-Function Keys and Home Row Mods
• Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

now Glove80 comes with with carrying case. Updated.

• Glove80 Keyboard
• Glove80 Carrying Case
• Glove80 vs Kinesis 360