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Re:New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard by gherkin0 on Thursday May 19, 2016 @02:50PM (#11732662)
> This keyboard has been out for ages, unless I am missing something here?

Not everyone works in finance and/or is familiar with Bloomberg terminals (like me). I think this is pretty interesting since Bloomberg, unlike most application developers, has taken their UX to the point where they're building application-specific hardware (though I understand a lot of that is basically legacy inertia).

Also, programmers seem to be far more interested in keyboards as a subject that most people.

I also thought the B-unit is interesting, it's different than any other authentication device I've used.

http://www.bbhub.io/professional/sites/4/2015/03/b-unit_3_us...

Re:New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard by kolbe on Thursday May 19, 2016 @02:52PM (#11732686)
Being interesting is fine. But being misleading with a title is not. I can't imagine the backlash a title like "Brand new programming language from Google" would get if it was talking about Go.
Re:New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard by melling on Thursday May 19, 2016 @03:12PM (#11732873)
"Also, programmers seem to be far more interested in keyboards as a subject that most people."

They worry about keyboards because it's one of the professions where RSI is common.

http://www.looknohands.me

http://markmcb.com/2014/10/13/severe-hand-rsi-pain-and-recov...

http://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/wrist.php - Stanford professor and creator of TCL

Here are plenty of other stories: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes

Re:New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard by gherkin0 on Thursday May 19, 2016 @03:44PM (#11733130)
Oh, I'm not criticizing that interest. It has a legitimate and practical basis given the amount of time programmers spend using keyboards and how integral they are to the performance of their job.
Re:New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard by jseliger on Thursday May 19, 2016 @03:25PM (#11733002)
I upvoted it for similar reasons, and my keyboard interest is... unusual and longstanding (see for example this 2008 report on a modern IBM Model M: https://jakeseliger.com/2008/05/07/product-review-unicomp-cu...).

I'm surprised, like many other commenters on this thread, that there isn't a more ergonomic version of this, and that there doesn't appear to be an option for better keyswitches, like Cherry MXes. The world of Bloomberg terminals is totally foreign to me, and that makes them interesting.