Thanks Les, that looks pretty good. Going by reviews it might be exactly what I'm looking for. Although I'd get the brown switches as I prefer not to have any clicking sound. If the keys feel good to use I'll be happy. And a place nearby sells them for $149. I think I'll go get one :)
David "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 16 August 2013 09:48, <[email protected]> wrote: > Heya David, > > I've tried and own many keyboards (bit of a junkie). I have a couple of > Microsoft Ergonomic ones, I've tried a few mechanical ones, and I've also > got a few weirdish ones (microsoft arc, kenesis freestyle split keyboard > (split down the middle as two x half keyboards)). > > My favourite is by far the Filco Majestictouch Tenkeyless with the Blue > Cherry switches. It's a mechanical keyboard with Cherry switches, and this > particular keyboard has no keypad, or other junk buttons (email/paint/etc) > AusPCMarket sell them in Aus and provide pretty good service. > > I use the Filco probably 80% of the time, and a Microsoft Ergonomic > keyboard the other 20%. What I really disliked about the Ergonomic one was > the Keypad as well as I found that reaching for the mouse started to become > a problem. Given that, their new one looks interesting. > > I also found the new keyboard on Amazon, but it looks like neither they, > or anyone else is shipping. > > I'm currently in Manhattan returning to Australia on Thursday (leaving > Tuesday here time) and if anyone knows where I can buy the new MS keyboard > locally and wants one, I can probably pick a few up and bring them back to > Straya (one for myself too!). > > Cheers, > -- > Les Hughes > [email protected] > > > Quoting David Richards <[email protected]>**: > > A bit off topic and a bit on topic. I've been in the market for a good >> developer keyboard for a while but never seem to find anything I like. I >> was just wondering if others on this list had found a decent keyboard. >> >> A few qualifying points: >> >> I don't want a number pad or at least I don't want one on the right of the >> keyboard. Not that I have anything against them, I just want my mouse to >> be closer. I've tested this using a cheap (and crappy) laptop like >> keyboard and there is a noticeable difference in comfort. I can just as >> easily by a separate number pad keyboard to position elsewhere. >> >> I would prefer the cursor keys and the other navigation keys to be in a >> reasonable location. My "crappy" keyboard as some of these along the >> bottom. It also sacrificed the right Control key in favour of a Scroll >> Lock key. Who uses scroll lock any more? >> >> I don't like those "ergonomic" keyboards that split the keyboard to be >> comfortable for two hands. I don't know about the rest of you but I spend >> at least as much time with one hand on the mouse and the other on the >> keyboard as I do with both hands on the keyboard. So the ergonomic >> aspects >> are actually a hindrance when typing with one hand. >> >> I don't care about media buttons or any other specific use button. I >> never >> user them. They just make the keyboard bigger. 20% of the keys on my >> current keyboard will never be used. >> >> Obviously I want the keys to be comfortable to use 8 hours a day. >> >> The recently announce keyboard from microsoft is fairly close to what I'm >> looking for: >> >> http://arstechnica.com/**gadgets/2013/08/microsofts-** >> new-ergonomic-keyboard-is-**just-plain-weird-looking/<http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/08/microsofts-new-ergonomic-keyboard-is-just-plain-weird-looking/> >> >> But it's ergonomic style is a bit of a negative. >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> David >> >> "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes >> will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" >> -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama >> >> > > >
