> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raúl Núñez de > Arenas Coronado > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: how to type modkeys > > > Saluton bill :) > > On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:18:13 +0800, bill lam dixit: > > On Sun, 19 Oct 2008, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > > And not only they have the gall to call that "Natural Ergonomic", > > > but people believe them, to boot! Well, I guess there's no end to > > > how far salespeople will go to sell their crap. Give me a good old > > > rectangular keyboard any time (I prefer Belgian AZERTY but I can > > > use US QWERTY if I have to). Have you ever seen any piano keyboard > > > divided into curved sections each the width of a hand (maybe an > > > octave or slightly less)? No, of course: pianists are > more sensible > > > than typists. :-P > > > > I really like keyboards in those good old days. High quality > > mechanical switches with rebounce feel and click sound. Nowadays > > if/when I ask a salesman for a good keyboard, he can only recommend > > wireless, m$, logitec keyboards. Feeling of typing with membrane > > key is just like playing on a paper piano. > > I had an old IBM keyboard, which surely weights 100 kilos XDD The key > feeling was great, and I was much more proficient when touch > typing with > that keyboard than with any other keyboard I've ever used. The > mechanical switches gave much better feedback, and the click sound was > annoying for the people around me but was very useful to me, specially > when typing keys with my weak pinky finger. Unfortunately I had to > switch to a more silent keyboard and anyway the Enter key broke in the > IBM keyboard. > > When using Vim and typing commands blindly I really like a clicking > keyboard, to avoid hitting "qip" instead of "gqip" ;) > Keyboard intensive > apps, like Vim, really benefits from keyboards which give some kind of > tactile or audible feedback. My current Logitech crapboard has a soft > touch and most of the time I don't know if I've hit a key or > not until I > see the result (or I read the screen...). > > Raúl "DervishD" Núñez de Arenas Coronado > --
I too have a MS Natural Ergonomic 4000 keyboard both at home and at work. I like the quiet keys. For those that love the clicky keys, I hope you have your own office since I doubt many people would want to hear your VIM induced speed-demon rapid fire keyboard clicks in the same or nearby cube! =) Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
