On 27.08.2016 23:09, Vincent Legoll wrote:
On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 9:29 PM, Alexander .S.T. Ross
<[email protected]> wrote:
some thinkpads at one point had a led light that pointed down and lite
up the keyboard without shining in the users eyes i think. it was in
the
top bezel of the screen. maybe that would be a simpler mod.
Yep, that's the one (thinkpad T42p) it was located just next to the
webcam,
over the display, angled towards the keyboard, with a slight overhang
from
the case, so that the led was not directly visible. It was switchable
with a
key Fn combo. Just ON/OFF, no real need for light levels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_ThinkPad_ThinkLight
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkLight
http://blog.lenovo.com/en/blog/keyboard-illumination-thinklight-or-backlight
https://web.archive.org/web/20130307081645/http://blog.lenovo.com/design/shedding-light-on-innovation
One of the key (ba-da-ching) ergonomic features of the Thinklight is
that the keyboard combo to switch them on or off is always bottom-left
key + top-right key. That way, you don't need to be able to see the keys
in order to switch the light on: you can still be sure, just by touch,
of being able to activate the correct ones. At the times when I've used
Thinkpads, I've appreciated this.
I don't know if any aspect of the Thinklight concept or its
implementation is patented or covered by design rights, etc. I would
hope not - it's just a light with a switch! - but "Method of swinging on
a swing", and all that...
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