Re: New Keyboard !!!

I have one as well. Even though I don't travel a lot, one of my favorite
features is the portability. This thing easily fits inside a laptop case.
Then when I'm on the road I can have an identical typing experience to what
I'm used to at the home office.

Another nice feature--on Windows--is the Shuffle key. I use that instead
Alt-Tab.

I wish there were an Fn key to the far left past the Shift. Then I would
take advantage of the cursor control keys on the right home row (and below).

One caveat is that I don't find the TypeMatrix to mesh well with the Mac.
Kinesis Contour users seem pretty happy on the Mac, so I'll likely be
getting one of those this month.

-Chuck


On 7/9/07, Stu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>   Yippee!! I just got a brand-new shiny Typematrix DV2030 EZ-Reach
> keyboard.
>
> First thing I discovered when I rebooted after installing it was that
> I could only type in Dvorak with the DV mode OFF !! Turning it on
> produced total nonsense and I couldn't find any of the keys. So I
> went into Control Panel and changed the layout from us-dvorak to just
> plain us. Now everything is fine.
>
> So ...
>
> Now I have to get used to the thing. I'm having trouble hitting a few
> keys - in particular when I go for the right shift, I frequently don't
> reach far enough... and when trying for 'f', I go TOO far and hit the
> center back space !
>
> The right hand enter really only works well with the number pad - it's
> bit far away when typing alpha. But the center enter ROCKS!! It took
> a bit to remember that it's there - my little right finger keeps
> wanting to do the shifting, but I'm beginning to get over it. Also
> it's very handy to hit with my left index finger when a sentence ends
> with a right hand key.
>
> And the center back space is REALLY handy - especially right now when
> I'm making so many mistakes ... the red 'delete' key is easy to find
> too. And for the first time in a couple decades, the little bumps and
> ridges on the keys actually mean something. (Previously, I pulled my
> keyboards apart and rearranged them, so the f and the j bumps didn't
> help at all.
>
> Despite the fact that the keyboard is smaller, it's really bigger!
> Sounds like a Tardis, doesn't it. Having the center enter and
> backspace pushes the aoeui and dhtns one key further apart -
> I'm still getting used to seeing THREE keys between my hands when I'm
> parked on the home row.
>
> Having to use the function key to get some keys messes up some of my
> autohotkey macros ... I'll have to rework a few of those once I get
> the hang of my new toy!! Darn! I keep hitting the \ instead of the
> right shift at the start of sentences and typing me (I) hehe - once
> again the center backspace comes to my rescue!!
>
> I'm also cheating a bit on my touch typing - I'm peeking at the keys
> for now, but I'm going to get over that as soon as possible.
>
> You can go to http://www.typematrix.com/ordernew/view_2030dv.php for a
> nice picture of my shiny new ultimate geek toy!!
>
> Anyways, as you can probably tell, I been ramblin' on here just for
> practice and FUN !!!!!! - guess I'll go now - I should do a speed test
> and track my progress ... I'll keep you posted.
>
> Bye for now.
>
> Happy Typing !!!
>
> Stu
>
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