Re:HacKeyboard, a mechanical keyboard built from scratch
by roel_v on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @01:35AM
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It's nice that there is so much innovation in keyboards the last year 2-3 years, in an area that seems to have been stagnant in the 2-3 decades before that. We have the Ergodox (and the EZ in a few weeks), the Ultimate Hacking Keyboard and Keyboardio in 2016 (well, that's the crowdfunded planning - make of that what you will), there are (in the non-split area) many different high-quality 10-key less and mini variations, keycap customization is turning into a micromarket of itself, etc.
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Re:HacKeyboard, a mechanical keyboard built from scratch
by lumpypua on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @05:13AM
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Innovation in details sure, but switches with fancy feels and keycaps aren't revolutionary. I'd really like a Datahand[1] -esque keyboard for under a grand, but I doubt it'll ever happen.
Re:HacKeyboard, a mechanical keyboard built from scratch
by leoc on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @09:42AM
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The Ergodox design has one very significant advance over standard keyboards (besides the NKRO), the large cluster of buttons accessible to each thumb. The glaring omission is the the lack of any kind of mouse-pointer control. It's an odd decision to spend maybe $240 US https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ergodox-ez-an-incredible-... on a keyboard that will still leave you moving your hand on and off your mouse all day. Come to think of it, for that kind of money it would be nice to get Velotype http://www.velotype.com/en/ / Veyboard http://www.veyboard.nl/ -style wrist keys as well.
Re:HacKeyboard, a mechanical keyboard built from scratch
by melling on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @05:22AM
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There's an open source version called DodoHand.
Re:HacKeyboard, a mechanical keyboard built from scratch
by DanBC on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @07:53AM
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I'd really like a nice hardware Frogpad, but I think they got clobbered by patents. (And lack of interest).
Re:HacKeyboard, a mechanical keyboard built from scratch
by gozo on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @08:49AM
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Any idea if it is, or what is, actually patented? The hardware wouldn't be very hard to make if one can live with normal height keys.