Re: Good keyboard

2016-03-20 Thread Martin Read
On 14/03/16 00:23, David Niklas wrote: I was most particularly interested in weather the (clear), cherry key switches last. No one mentioned them. Cherry make the explicit, measurable claim that their keyswitches have a minimum service life measured in tens of millions of keystrokes. Twenty

Re: Good keyboard

2016-03-19 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri
> "MR" == Martin Read writes: MR> On 14/03/16 00:23, David Niklas wrote: >> I was most particularly interested in weather the (clear), cherry >> key switches last. No one mentioned them. MR> Cherry make the explicit, measurable claim that their keyswitches MR> have a

Re: Good keyboard see url

2016-03-16 Thread Haines Brown
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 01:00:47AM -0400, doug wrote: > > On 03/13/2016 08:23 PM, David Niklas wrote: > I just sent a reply about IBM model M. Here's an URL about Clicky > Keys--the outfit that refurbs them. > > http://www.wired.com/2015/07/meet-master-old-school-clicky-clacky-keyboard/ I

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2016-03-16 Thread rlharris
On Sun, March 13, 2016 7:23 pm, David Niklas wrote: ... > I'm learning dvorak, but the numerals are all in the top bar with the > punctuation marks, only the home and adjacent rows are changed. Where are > your numerals? I just type loadkeys dvorak (there are only 3 dvorak > layouts, dvorak-ASCII,

Re: Good keyboard see url

2016-03-15 Thread doug
On 03/13/2016 08:23 PM, David Niklas wrote: Sorry for such a late post, I caught the flu and have only now caught up with my emails. I've included the full quote. On Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:34:27 rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: On Sun, February 14, 2016 7:12 pm, Gary Roach wrote: ... I've been using

Re: Good keyboard

2016-03-15 Thread doug
On 03/13/2016 08:23 PM, David Niklas wrote: Sorry for such a late post, I caught the flu and have only now caught up with my emails. I've included the full quote. On Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:34:27 rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: On Sun, February 14, 2016 7:12 pm, Gary Roach wrote: ... I've been using

Re: Good keyboard

2016-03-15 Thread David Niklas
Sorry for such a late post, I caught the flu and have only now caught up with my emails. I've included the full quote. On Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:34:27 rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On Sun, February 14, 2016 7:12 pm, Gary Roach wrote: > ... > >> I've been using a microsoft Ergonomic model 4000 v.1 for

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-14 Thread rlharris
On Sun, February 14, 2016 7:12 pm, Gary Roach wrote: ... >> I've been using a microsoft Ergonomic model 4000 v.1 for years. I love >> it. I recently looked around for a replacement ( turned out not to be the >> problem). I found that the newer Microsoft keyboards were garbage in >> comparison. The

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-14 Thread Gary Roach
On 02/14/2016 03:16 PM, Gary Roach wrote: On 02/14/2016 12:33 AM, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach rlhar...@oplink.net [2016-02-14 11:20 +1300]: For the Dvorak layout, just select the appropriate xkb map (APPLICATIONS->SETTINGS->KEYBOARD). Apart from there being no

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-14 Thread Gary Roach
On 02/14/2016 12:33 AM, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach rlhar...@oplink.net [2016-02-14 11:20 +1300]: For the Dvorak layout, just select the appropriate xkb map (APPLICATIONS->SETTINGS->KEYBOARD). Apart from there being no "Applications" menu on my Debian system… ;)

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-14 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach rlhar...@oplink.net [2016-02-14 11:20 +1300]: > For the Dvorak layout, just select the appropriate xkb map > (APPLICATIONS->SETTINGS->KEYBOARD). Apart from there being no "Applications" menu on my Debian system… ;) This won't address the issue of having keys

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-13 Thread Glenn Holmer
On 02/13/2016 12:47 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > When my last keyboard started failing, I replaced it with http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage-for-pc-mac/ Worth every penny. -- Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe."

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-13 Thread jdd
Le 13/02/2016 18:08, Glenn Holmer a écrit : On 02/13/2016 12:47 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: When my last keyboard started failing, I replaced it with http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage-for-pc-mac/ Worth every penny. wow... needs some learning, so Dvorak probably better :-) jdd

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-13 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach jdd [2016-02-14 07:14 +1300]: > >http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage-for-pc-mac/ > > > >Worth every penny. > > > wow... needs some learning, so Dvorak probably better :-) You used to be able to get these with Dvorak, not sure if that's still the case. I liked

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-13 Thread rlharris
On Sat, February 13, 2016 2:39 pm, martin f krafft wrote: > You used to be able to get these with Dvorak, not sure if that's > still the case. For the Dvorak layout, just select the appropriate xkb map (APPLICATIONS->SETTINGS->KEYBOARD). Several are available; I use and recommend the Classic

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-12 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 13 Feb 2016, shawn wilson wrote: > On Feb 11, 2016 1:21 PM, "David Christensen" > wrote: > > > > Thoughts? Comments? > > > > I don't have one of those (but I think I'll buy one). Currently I > swear by my ducky mini (obviously remap caps lock to escape -

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-12 Thread shawn wilson
On Feb 11, 2016 1:21 PM, "David Christensen" wrote: > Thoughts? Comments? > I don't have one of those (but I think I'll buy one). Currently I swear by my ducky mini (obviously remap caps lock to escape - also, I use vim/vim mode so YMMV if you like arrowing around

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-11 Thread Martin Read
On 11/02/16 18:21, David Christensen wrote: Does anybody have the CODE 104-Key MX Brown, or something similar? Thoughts? Comments? My Das Keyboard has Cherry MX Brown keyswitches. I find it quite pleasant to type on (I type pretty fast), and I can say that while it's not silent, it is

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-11 Thread Jonathan Levine
On 2/11/16, Martin Smith wrote: > On 11/02/2016 06:22, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: >> The essence of a keyboard is found in the keyswitch -- the plunger and >> the contacts. >> >> A good plunger is not lubricated and does not bind even if the key is >> struck at an

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-11 Thread Martin Smith
On 11/02/2016 06:22, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: On Wed, February 10, 2016 11:00 pm, David Niklas wrote: If I'm remembering rightly, a while back (months), there was a discussion about keyboards. I noticed this one and wanted to know if it

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-11 Thread Glenn English
> On Feb 11, 2016, at 11:21 AM, David Christensen > wrote: > > Thoughts? Comments? Have you looked into a Cherry? They use Cherry switches (surprise). And they're quiet until the key hits the bottom, then they make the sound of a key hitting the bottom. There

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-11 Thread David Christensen
On 02/10/2016 09:00 PM, David Niklas wrote: If I'm remembering rightly, a while back (months), there was a discussion about keyboards. I noticed this one and wanted to know if it looks good and is worth $220 (the average BK goes for $100, so you can imagine my surprise), I'm uncertain. I'm I

Good keyboard

2016-02-10 Thread David Niklas
Hello, If I'm remembering rightly, a while back (months), there was a discussion about keyboards. I noticed this one and wanted to know if it looks good and is worth $220 (the average BK goes for $100, so you can imagine my surprise), I'm uncertain. I'm I know that this might be an opinion matter.

Re: Good keyboard

2016-02-10 Thread rlharris
On Wed, February 10, 2016 11:00 pm, David Niklas wrote: > If I'm remembering rightly, a while back (months), there was a > discussion about keyboards. I noticed this one and wanted to know if it > > https://www.crowdsupply.com/ugl/ultimate-hacking-keyboard To add a bit of perspective, can you