The Best Keyboard Ever - $8.99

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 05:32:38PM -0400, Andrej Marjan wrote:
> Indeed, they're pretty lousy. I'm a big fan of the Datadsk Smartboard
> layout http://www.datadesktech.com/desktop_sb.html -- it's not totally
> esoteric like a Kinesis, say, but the layout of the split, and the way
> the keys fan out and grow in size as you get farther out from your
> palms, is very smart. I wish all split keyboards did that. This is the
> first keyboard on which I actually used my pinky finger for the P key
> (qwerty layout).

Wow, not only is the split wrong in the same way as the microsoft,
now the key angle is messed up.  How awful.

> Also, it's one of the few keyboards that can do a negative incline out
> of the box.
> 
> Unfortunately, their build quality has declined over time (cheaper
> switches, fewer key chord combinations supported...). I seem to abuse my
> keyboards heavily, and given the build quality of my last smartboard, I
> don't see myself buying another one. I expect a certain amount of build
> quality for the prices they charge, irrespective of layout cleverness.

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Len Sorensen
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