On a similar note, does anyone know where you can still get "Microsoft
Digital Media Keyboard 1.0a". They are still my favourite but seem not to
be sold anymore. http://greengateway.home.pl/allegro//DSC_02411.JPG


On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:04 PM, David Richards <
ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com> wrote:

> A bit off topic and a bit on topic.  I've been in the market for a good
> developer keyboard for a while but never seem to find anything I like.  I
> was just wondering if others on this list had found a decent keyboard.
>
> A few qualifying points:
>
> I don't want a number pad or at least I don't want one on the right of the
> keyboard.  Not that I have anything against them, I just want my mouse to
> be closer.  I've tested this using a cheap (and crappy) laptop like
> keyboard and there is a noticeable difference in comfort.  I can just as
> easily by a separate number pad keyboard to position elsewhere.
>
> I would prefer the cursor keys and the other navigation keys to be in a
> reasonable location.  My "crappy" keyboard as some of these along the
> bottom.  It also sacrificed the right Control key in favour of a Scroll
> Lock key.  Who uses scroll lock any more?
>
> I don't like those "ergonomic" keyboards that split the keyboard to be
> comfortable for two hands.  I don't know about the rest of you but I spend
> at least as much time with one hand on the mouse and the other on the
> keyboard as I do with both hands on the keyboard.  So the ergonomic aspects
> are actually a hindrance when typing with one hand.
>
> I don't care about media buttons or any other specific use button.  I
> never user them.  They just make the keyboard bigger.  20% of the keys on
> my current keyboard will never be used.
>
> Obviously I want the keys to be comfortable to use 8 hours a day.
>
> The recently announce keyboard from microsoft is fairly close to what I'm
> looking for:
>
>
> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/08/microsofts-new-ergonomic-keyboard-is-just-plain-weird-looking/
>
> But it's ergonomic style is a bit of a negative.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> David
>
> "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes
>  will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!"
>  -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama
>

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