Keyboard Snob

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I don't ask for much, do I?

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Layout

I just want a keyboard that has keys laid out nice. I think the Microsoft Curve series gets the right mix of 'angled for hands' but without the stupid "ergonomic" split style.

...oh while I'm on the topic, and I want a keyboard that doesn't waste space and weight on the numpad. I use it... rarely. But not enough to justify it being there ALL THE TIME.

...but please, don't swap out the menu or right-meta (windows) key for function, to double-up functions on existing keys. I want multimedia keys, just not the keypad.

Mechanism

...and I want a keyboard that has decent key mechanicals. Buckling spring looks to be the best of the bunch! :)

Keycaps details

...finally, I want a keyboard that has keytop shape of cylindrical (NOT flat chiclet which is horrid), with deeper cylindrical for the FJ home keys (instead of knobbly bits). I have an old Acer (PS2 era, and it has microswitches) with keytops of this style, and it's a fantastic feel (TODO: get photos :) Spherical keytops would be cool too, but unlikely :)


TL;DR

  1. Microsoft Curve layout
  2. No keypad, a.k.a. "tenkeyless", but no key substitutions
  3. Buckling spring key mechanism
  4. Deeply curved FJ keys instead of nubs.

In conclusion

So will someone make one for me? PLEASE? :)

till then... Das Keyboard professional4 is pretty nice, and this is my mockup of a tenless version: Daskeyboard-4C M.jpg

(based off the daskeyboard 4: http://www.daskeyboard.com/daskeyboard-4-professional/ , and in contrast with their own tenless variant: http://www.daskeyboard.com/daskeyboard-4C-professional/ )


Appendum

Showstopping design points...

  • Chiclet keys. Removing the tactile centering of the key is FAIL
  • Coffee. If the keyboard smells like coffee, I wont use it. Anyone who invents plastic made out of coffee beans will earn my eternal loathing
  • Meat. If the keyboard is made of meat, I also wont use it, regardless of how clever it's autodynamic reconfigurability is!
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