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Re: I have strongly-held opinions regarding keyboards by bastage 02/09/2003, 10:47pm PST
Ray, of Light wrote:

First: old-school, 101-key format, without Windows or right-click keys to shrink the spacebar. Stores don't sell them, but any collection of used computer parts will contain several. Don't be fooled by inferior products laying claim to additional cachet; those are strictly for show-boys.

Ahh .. I was like you once. Then I bought one of these.

If you can get past the crazy cost you're left with an amazing piece of technology. Single, quick taps are considered keypresses. Put two adjacent fingers down, slide, and you move the mouse pointer. Three fingers = double click or drag. Four fingers allow you to scroll. (Simulates the scroll wheel on the mouse pad.) It also has a bunch of pseudo-macros that allow you to do things like cut+paste by just 'pinching' and 'flicking'.

In practice it's not nearly as gay as it sounds and I could go on about all the other nifty things it can do but I suspect this post has already done irreparable harm to my recently non-lurking personae so I'll stop while I'm ahead.
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This post serves no purpose other than to show off my new keyboard. by Zseni 02/09/2003, 2:43pm PST NEW
    Three werds: by Entropy Stew 02/09/2003, 5:15pm PST NEW
        ^______________________^ (nt) by Zseni 02/09/2003, 5:18pm PST NEW
    DVORAK by Senor Barborito 02/09/2003, 5:55pm PST NEW
        Re: DVORAK by Zebco Fuckface 02/09/2003, 7:34pm PST NEW
            Yeah I've heard - it's just the most doritos-in-beard thing I could think of NT by Senor Barborito 02/09/2003, 8:27pm PST NEW
                Weak. Try this: by Entropy Stew 02/09/2003, 9:57pm PST NEW
                    what a waste of time, money, and effort -nt NT by arbit 02/09/2003, 10:42pm PST NEW
                        You obviously don't understand -nt- NT by Entropy Stew 02/09/2003, 11:17pm PST NEW
    I have strongly-held opinions regarding keyboards by Ray, of Light 02/09/2003, 10:01pm PST NEW
        |@|-|34|2 |^|3 by Zseni 02/09/2003, 10:40pm PST NEW
            </i> (nt) by Zseni 02/09/2003, 10:41pm PST NEW
                This thread has taken a turn for the baffling by Ray, of Light 02/09/2003, 10:53pm PST NEW
                    Re: This thread has taken a turn for the baffling by Zseni 02/09/2003, 11:16pm PST NEW
        Re: I have strongly-held opinions regarding keyboards by bastage 02/09/2003, 10:47pm PST NEW
            Re: I have strongly-held opinions regarding keyboards by Ray, of Light 02/10/2003, 12:07am PST NEW
                Re: I have strongly-held opinions regarding keyboards by bastage 02/10/2003, 10:58pm PST NEW
        Re: I have strongly-held opinions regarding keyboards by Zebco Fuckface 02/09/2003, 11:31pm PST NEW
        I have only a few minor convictions by Senor Barborito 02/09/2003, 11:39pm PST NEW
            Re: I have only a few minor convictions by creativepig 02/10/2003, 12:10am PST NEW
                On fucking those gel pad things by Ray, of Light 02/10/2003, 12:32am PST NEW
                    Wow by Senor Barborito 02/10/2003, 12:42am PST NEW
                Re: religion by Entropy Stew 02/11/2003, 1:23am PST NEW
                    Win-D goes to the desktop instantly. Good "boss key" among other uses. by Fussbett 02/11/2003, 5:20am PST NEW
    Typing is for fags by Monty Cantsin 02/10/2003, 1:32am PST NEW
    I use a twiddler by - not really - 02/11/2003, 5:50pm PST NEW
 
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