On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 at 09:37:23, Al Feng wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Heck, if I lived in New England (or, England) and could actually see
>ANY-/everything demo'd ahead of time, I would probably own a lot more QL
>related hardware/software ... or, certainly, different hardware/software
I see you live in the same town as John Impellizzeri - I assume you two
know each other.
How about a joint trip to the Washington show this year.
It is a bit less than the trip from Europe (8-)#
>> >I was a candidate for an aftermarket keyboard/interface within
>> 5-minutes
>> >of pulling my QL out of its box BECAUSE I find the stylized key
>> tiles to
>> >have been the design effort of someone who did not type.
>> >
>> >BTW. The perceived "problem" of the key caps was mitigated by
>> >gluing/piggy-backing REAL key caps on top of the original key
>> tiles.
>> I never have any trouble with the kbd - esp after the WD40
>> treatment.
>> ..... but maybe I am jut a bad typist.
>> The current PC keyboard I am using now (Alps) is much worse than any
>> QL
>> kbd.
>
>
>The significant problem [which *I* found] is the SHAPE of the top of the
>QL's tiles ... if you are a moderately fast typist, you are not looking
>at the tiles AND your fingers are not locked onto the tiles, either; so,
>you will inevitably be striking the top edges of the cupped portion ...
>or, at least, I was doing so.
Ah yes - so I _am_ a bad typist then (8-)#
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