Ø What's the real benefit to wireless keyboards?
1) You haven’t seen my desk at work. Once you get to a certain point, every additional wire increases clutter O(C^n). 2) For my main music workstation at home, the tower is far enough from the keyboard/mouse area that I can’t route the cabling cleanly without cutting holes in my desk or running the wires around the front. I tried USB extension leads but the 3-4 I tried had a tendency to stop responding intermittently or come unplugged too easily. 3) If you want the keyboard and mouse out of the way (eg you’re using a graphics tablet or perhaps not using the computer at all, just want the desk space for old fashioned pen on paper brainstorming) it’s much more convenient to pop them both in a drawer than finding somewhere to stick them subject to the usable reach of the cable (see: beginning of clutter). That’s my main three, and aside from more practical concerns it just looks cleaner. My main concern with a backlit wireless keyboard would be battery life but after having a wireless keyboard at home I wouldn’t use anything else there. At work the laptop is on the desk so cable reach is not such an issue but clutter still is. I only use a wired keyboard there because there isn’t exactly an abundance of mechanical tenkey-less wireless keyboards to choose from. (PS: FWIW ever since ball mice went the way of the dodo I’ve never had a mouse cable wear out on me before the buttons or optical/laser/etc sensor). From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Wednesday, 28 August 2013 4:26 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Developer keyboard On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Nathan Chere <nathan.ch...@saiglobal.com<mailto:nathan.ch...@saiglobal.com>> wrote: If it was wireless and had an option for other keys (eg Cherry blue) it would be near perfect. Or at least if not wireless, have a built-in USB hub… but would definitely prefer wireless. What's the real benefit to wireless keyboards? Mice I understand, but you just don't have a need to move a keyboard. Mine is wireless, but the wireless point for it is an inch or so from the keyboard. Unless you're worried about electric shock during a thunderstorm... Mice, OTOH, the need is that the mouse cable wears out near the entry into the mouse. As it stands it really isn’t bringing anything overly compelling to the table which isn’t already done elsewhere. The dip switch behaviour is nice but still not enough of a selling point to make me choose that over the many alternatives. Reading it, this keyboard is backlit, but doesn't allow for changing layout electronically. I've seen some that consist of led/lcd keybacks that do though. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>] On Behalf Of David Richards Sent: Wednesday, 28 August 2013 3:06 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Developer keyboard Greetings all, I don't mean to resurrect this thread (especially since I already have my new keyboard) but I just saw this post which was an interesting coincidence: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2013/08/the-code-keyboard.html Thought some of you might be interested. David "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 21 August 2013 16:56, Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com<mailto:step...@perthprojects.com>> wrote: Careful looking/listening to things on YouTube. Last week a guy here at work was freaking out about the back light leakage on these fancy new IPS screens. I never noticed it, but when I took a photo of it with my phone camera the backlight was quite noticeable. I guess the camera takes in lots of light causing a kind of over exposure in the photo... It looks no where near how bad the photos posted online (or that I took) make the screen look. Its only noticeable in a dark room when looking at an all black screen (and even then to your naked eye its fine, but the photo looks like a brightly lit screen). He bought one anyway :) On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:46 PM, David Richards <ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com<mailto:ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com>> wrote: It's louder than the "Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 1.0a" I was using before. It sounds very similar to that video. It's a bit hard to tell if its louder or not since it kind of depended on how loud I set the volume :) But if it has the same switches its probably the same. It's much quieter than a "clicky" one I had some time ago. I think it actually depends on your typing style. If I'm careful and don't bottom out the keys it's much quieter. I think it would take a bit if practice to do that normally. David "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 21 August 2013 14:55, Peter Gfader <pe...@gfader.com<mailto:pe...@gfader.com>> wrote: Nice keyboard! How loud is it? I bought the "daskeyboard ultimate silent" and I am not so happy with it. I got the silent one, but it is still too loud. I use it at home where no one else sits in my home office, but doing remote pairing or calls is not a nice experience... Here how loud that "silent" keyboard is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTrj9QMonts .peter.gfader. (current mood = warm sun makes my heart jump and puts a smile on my face) http://blog.gfader.com On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 6:26 AM, David Richards <ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com<mailto:ausdot...@davidsuniverse.com>> wrote: I got it from mighty ape on sale but I'm pretty sure I saw it for similar prices elsewhere. The link below is for a cyborg branded one which is the same thing. mad catz own the cyborg brand. http://www.mightyape.com.au/product/Cyborg-MMO7-Gaming-Mouse/19700928/ David "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 21 August 2013 14:19, Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com<mailto:step...@perthprojects.com>> wrote: Where did you buy the mouse from? Looking about on my normal online stores, can't find that particular model. cheers, Stephen Click here<https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/MZbqvYs5QwJvpeaetUwhCQ==> to report this email as spam. 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