Guess the keyboard December 2013

[hoggy]

If you want to know if your guess is right, then please PM me, if you guess in the thread you might unwittingly spoil it for someone else. I'll keep the thread updated with the results.

Of course, I'm only suggesting that you PM, you are free to do as you wish.



Good luck (not that you guys actually need it)

[HaaTa]

Hah, you're the one who got this on eBay. I won't spoil it

[webwit]

Weirdest F-key/cursor key arrangement ever.

[Findecanor]

Weirdest F-key/cursor key arrangement ever.

I find the F-key arrangement to be ingenious. You don't have to lift the hand over the keyboard, and you can find the right key by touch without having to move around too much or even just by muscle memory.

Within the field of graphic user interfaces, there are popup menus that are laid out the same way and there are papers that claim that they are faster to use and easier to remember than conventional menus with menu items in a straight list.

[Icarium]

F-keys? What F-keys?

[rodtang]

This is the first of these threads of yours that I don't even have a clue where to start to find out.
edit: (well, I found a pic of it on my first google search term but that didn't help at all)

[Daniel Beardsmore]

Well, the most obvious wiki category is this one, which is hopefully where it will end up once the competition is over:

Category:Keyboards with integrated pointing device

There's not a lot in there yet. Nothing like the one pictured above. Ascaii ignored my request for more info on the one he's selling off, so screw that one.

[Findecanor]

F-keys? What F-keys?

The three keys you can glance in the bottom-left corner are F2, F3 and F4!

[Ascaii]

Well, the most obvious wiki category is this one, which is hopefully where it will end up once the competition is over:

Category:Keyboards with integrated pointing device

There's not a lot in there yet. Nothing like the one pictured above. Ascaii ignored my request for more info on the one he's selling off, so screw that one.

Daniel, i am a busy man, i just didnt get around to it yet. You can always write me , instead of posting these kind of shit comments about me.

[Parak]

Oh nice, good to see that someone from here bought it - I contemplated bidding but I had no room at all for it

Will also not participate in guessing as result of knowing what it is due to auction. Let's see if someone can do detective work!

[HaaTa]

I am interested in what switches are in this beast though

[cookie]

HaaTa is right, if this one has nice switches, then it is really promissing! I once tryed to modify a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 into mechanical and I looked forward to replace the scrolling thing in the middle with a trackball... Unfortunately I have up on modifying all keycaps to fit on the MX stems...

Show us the switches!

[Compgeke]

The switches? Look at your own risk.

Spoiler:

I also suggest removing everything past "/hoggyboiard/" to see more.

[cookie]

Nice Gallery And really really nice keyboard you have there

[Daniel Beardsmore]

The switches? Look at your own risk.

Interesting ............ More questions arise from this, but I don't want to say more in case I give away too much.

[hoggy]

Okay, it's a Mykey from Ergonomixx.

I thought it was rubber dome. The switches feel so stiff that I wish it was rubber dome.

Thanks to everyone who could have posted the answer in the thread but held back.

[Daniel Beardsmore]

Well, the switch is rubber, but just in the form of elastic bands instead of domes.

So, this keyboard is no relationship to Datalux or MEI? It's interesting to see someone else buy MEI's switches. Even if that was a mistake.

[Findecanor]

MEI switch in the Wiki. That's a unique mechanism.. Conductive rubber sideways.

[cookie]

Interesting! But the switch seems not that enjoyable
Any chance to put MX into it? The soldering points seem promising.