[OT] Keyboard with ctrl, alt, shift, etc in the thumbs

[Pupeno]

On Friday 28 July 2006 15:28, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
> Pupeno <pupeno at pupeno.com> writes:
> > Hello,
> > Does anybody know about a cheap keyboard that I could get somewhere in
> > Berlin that has the special keys ctrl, alt, shift, tab, etc in the thumbs
> > ?
>
> No, but you might find interesting the keyboard reviewed here:
>
>     http://www.dansdata.com/edkb.htm
>
> (I've been thinking that would be a great scheme for many years, but
> can't justify buying a keyboard I don't need.  I think most people's
> brains would be more adept at hitting keys accurately ( esp. the top
> row) if they had a more regular layout such as this keyboard.)
>
> I'm thinking you might redefine the keys to move them "out" one column
> and give the "inner" ones special functions.  I only wish they had put
> some special function keys between the two banks to begin with.

That keyboard is much better than the standards but still has the same 
problem, I can't understand why the designers make it that way. Take a look 
at the keys on the right hand, pick a column and you'll see that each key, as 
you go up, goes to the left, to the center, like the right hand do. But on 
the left side they also go to the left, getting away from the center, 
opposite of what the left hand do.

-- 
Pupeno <pupeno at pupeno.com> (http://pupeno.com)
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