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Now we talking Keyboard!
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:47 am
by reefsurfer
Story:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 654,00.asp
Video:
http://zdpub.vo.llnwd.net/o2/wolfclawkeyboard.html
This keyboard cant be wrong.. well, the only problem i see are the round part with the number keys(for people with small hands..) but other than that it seems like an ace keyboard.
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Why dosent img work?
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:49 am
by glossy
i don't think it allows ";" in image URLs
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:51 am
by o'dium
Very interesting design. I doubt i could get used to it, but it does look interesting.
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:52 am
by Don Carlos
o'dium wrote:Very interesting design. I doubt i could get used to it, but it does look interesting.
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:54 am
by XG Gent
I'm too used to my natural keyboard, but it does look promising
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:55 am
by 4days
looks nifty. especially if those keys do what they look like they do - repeat the functionality of keys on the normal keyboard so you don't need some daft specialised driver to make it work.
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:57 am
by XG Gent
4days wrote:looks nifty. especially if those keys do what they look like they do - repeat the functionality of keys on the normal keyboard so you don't need some daft specialised driver to make it work.
Agreed, that one keyboard, I forgot the name, but it had a interchangeable faceplate for different games, it freaking sucked,
I have a friend who regrets it every day lol
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:59 am
by o'dium
XG Gent wrote:4days wrote:looks nifty. especially if those keys do what they look like they do - repeat the functionality of keys on the normal keyboard so you don't need some daft specialised driver to make it work.
Agreed, that one keyboard, I forgot the name, but it had a interchangeable faceplate for different games, it freaking sucked,
I have a friend who regrets it every day lol
ZBoard. horrid thing, ugly and the keys are made by 5 year olds.
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:25 pm
by Pext
just use ESDF instead of WASD and spread the weapons to the sourrounding keys...
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:38 pm
by Pauly
That's nice
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:04 pm
by Dr_Watson
too bad it doesn't look like its functional for anything other than fps... no 10-key ffs!
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:22 pm
by Transient
The lefthand side is fucking awesome, but I couldn't get used to the buttons being moved around on the righthand side or the lack of a numpad.
If they released a USB version of just the circular lefthand side for cheaper, I'd get it in a heartbeat.
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:26 pm
by Denz
I like it. I think I may have to get one.
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:04 pm
by reefsurfer
Transient wrote:
If they released a USB version of just the circular lefthand side for cheaper, I'd get it in a heartbeat.
You should checkout the Nostrom n50 and n52 then :icon31:
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:40 pm
by Transient
I did. Didn't like it. I prefer something more keyboardish.
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:43 pm
by 4days
tried using one of those usb numeric keypads for gaming, but the drivers were pants so pretty much anything with directinput failed to work.
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:18 pm
by Canis
I think its cool, but it will definitely take some getting used to. I think its awesome they have the keys mapped to regular keys, essentially duplicating them. This will let it work on native/standard drivers so folks wont have to deal with driver bugs and incompatibilities.
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:35 pm
by CrinklyArse
Transient wrote:The lefthand side is fucking awesome, but I couldn't get used to the buttons being moved around on the righthand side or the lack of a numpad.
If they released a USB version of just the circular lefthand side for cheaper, I'd get it in a heartbeat.
right on, that would own.
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:46 pm
by andyman
WASD is overrated.....it's all about WERD nowadays
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:47 am
by Canidae
I've been ESDF since Q1
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 2:45 am
by Bdw3
[,AOE] here....
..But then I've been trying teach myself to type again with my keys in the Dvorak layout...
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(But my fingers still go qwerty frequently... )
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 4:19 am
by R00k
RDFG. Middle finger finds the bump easily, and tons of keys around for extra binds.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:21 am
by Dr_Watson
i have long fingers... i still prefer the arrows. old school bitches.
but it is nice to see that the "gaming" keyboards recognize the reason the arrows are "better" is because they are actually layed out correctly. (not skewed like the letters)
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:24 am
by Psyche911
What the fuck.
That's retarded. Why does anybody need double-height keys? (the ZXC over on the left). Plus, what's wrong with a normal keyboard? Also, it has a retarded 2-key-sized Shift key. lol, dorks.
P.S. I too use ESDF
