Re: Hardwired Dvorak keyboards

My Kinesis was flaky from the start where keys would stick and my Mac
would go uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Or I would go on the road with my laptop sans Kinesis and when I got
back it wouldn't respond when I plugged it in. After N attempts, it
would work.

But not last time!

I realize I can get it looked at, but I also could never get used to
where the programmer-oriented symbols like { } [ ] | ~  etc. were
located. I never found places that felt natural when experimenting
with the programmability. This was a big deal since I write code.

Between that and the flaky behavior, I gave up. At least, for now.

When I was typing straight up text, like in an email, Kinesis was the
sweetest typing experience ever. And other coders have reported great
experiences with the Kinesis, so mileage definitely varies.

-Chuck


On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:05 AM, Craig Richmond
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> My Kinensis keyboard (that I own) has lived in an open office for
>  about 9 years with absolutely no problems. I do get a steady stream
>  of "What is that?" questions when people see it for the first time.
>  I've also been recognised when going into meetings with new people as
>  "You're the guy with that weird keyboard aren't you?". This has been
>  across 3 different companies in 2 countries and it's still going
>  strong.
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>  At 4:19 PM -0400 4/15/08, Giles Orr wrote:
>  >I'm working at a place that has the computers locked up so tight I
>  >can't change the keymaps (believe me, I've asked). I've been on this
>  >list long enough to have seen the posts suggesting that people in that
>  >situation should make a big argument about ergonomics ... lets not go
>  >there. I just want a hardwired Dvorak keyboard. My choices are
>  >further limited by the preference for buying from a Canadian company
>  >because I don't want to deal with goods crossing the border. This
>  >probably means ergocanada who were great when I bought a Kinesis from
>  >them. I have the Kinesis at home but don't want another - I love it
>  >but don't want to leave a $350 keyboard in an open workspace. Which
>  >cuts me down to the Typematrix and the Dvortyboard. I had a
>  >Dvortyboard about ten years ago, and was less than enchanted with it
>  >dying in two and a half years - not very well made. So ... has anyone
>  >bought a Typematrix 2020 keyboard recently? Any caveats? I'll be
>  >wanting the USB model. Thoughts?
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>  >--
>  >Giles
>  >http://www.gilesorr.com/
>  >[email protected]
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