Greetings all, I don't mean to resurrect this thread (especially since I already have my new keyboard) but I just saw this post which was an interesting coincidence:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2013/08/the-code-keyboard.html Thought some of you might be interested. David "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 21 August 2013 16:56, Stephen Price <[email protected]> wrote: > Careful looking/listening to things on YouTube. Last week a guy here at > work was freaking out about the back light leakage on these fancy new IPS > screens. > I never noticed it, but when I took a photo of it with my phone camera the > backlight was quite noticeable. I guess the camera takes in lots of light > causing a kind of over exposure in the photo... It looks no where near how > bad the photos posted online (or that I took) make the screen look. Its > only noticeable in a dark room when looking at an all black screen (and > even then to your naked eye its fine, but the photo looks like a brightly > lit screen). > > He bought one anyway :) > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:46 PM, David Richards < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> It's louder than the "Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 1.0a" I was using >> before. It sounds very similar to that video. It's a bit hard to tell if >> its louder or not since it kind of depended on how loud I set the volume :) >> But if it has the same switches its probably the same. It's much quieter >> than a "clicky" one I had some time ago. I think it actually depends on >> your typing style. If I'm careful and don't bottom out the keys it's much >> quieter. I think it would take a bit if practice to do that normally. >> >> David >> >> "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes >> will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" >> -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama >> >> >> On 21 August 2013 14:55, Peter Gfader <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Nice keyboard! >>> How loud is it? >>> >>> I bought the "daskeyboard ultimate silent" and I am not so happy with >>> it. >>> I got the silent one, but it is still too loud. I use it at home where >>> no one else sits in my home office, but doing remote pairing or calls is >>> not a nice experience... >>> >>> Here how loud that "silent" keyboard is >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTrj9QMonts >>> >>> .peter.gfader. (current mood = warm sun makes my heart jump and puts >>> a smile on my face) >>> http://blog.gfader.com >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 6:26 AM, David Richards < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I got it from mighty ape on sale but I'm pretty sure I saw it for >>>> similar prices elsewhere. The link below is for a cyborg branded one which >>>> is the same thing. mad catz own the cyborg brand. >>>> >>>> http://www.mightyape.com.au/product/Cyborg-MMO7-Gaming-Mouse/19700928/ >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes >>>> will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" >>>> -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama >>>> >>>> >>>> On 21 August 2013 14:19, Stephen Price <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Where did you buy the mouse from? Looking about on my normal online >>>>> stores, can't find that particular model. >>>>> >>>>> cheers, >>>>> Stephen >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>> >>> >> >
