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Why do keyboard makers do this?? - Page 2
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AwfulPlayer
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ligas
81 Posts
On August 31 2011 11:07 cca1ss1e wrote: I can't deal with the small backspace key, no way.. enter key like that isn't TOO bad, but I prefer it not as well. I have the Dell L100 keyboard, I think it's a pretty good layout: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/1RD7n.jpg)  except for the scrunched up f-keys. | ||
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Phtes
United States370 Posts
On August 31 2011 10:55 susySquark wrote: I type at around 120 WPM and often make mistakes. And I often change my mind about what I'm writing, and I write a lot as part of my work/school/etc. So.... yeah I'd like to have a bigger backspace. And I'm used to the non-truncated one by now too, after 15 years of computer use. You should clearly slow down your WPM if your often making mistakes and care that much about your backspace. I like to think of WPM as Effective WPM, meaning not having to use backspace more than many 1-3 times and not looking down at your keyboard as you type. On the keyboard itself I see no problem with a large enter key as I honestly use it more often than backspace and it makes hitting it with my Pinky that much easier. | ||
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Rotodyne
United States2263 Posts
On August 31 2011 11:07 cca1ss1e wrote: I can't deal with the small backspace key, no way.. enter key like that isn't TOO bad, but I prefer it not as well. I have the Dell L100 keyboard, I think it's a pretty good layout: sick keyboard, I bought one a couple months ago | ||
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rolfe
United Kingdom1266 Posts
all it does is make space for a nearly useless button that could go anywhere else so easily | ||
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amazingxkcd
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/bW5jq.jpg) I see where this thread is going... | ||
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CooDu
Australia899 Posts
http://www.pccasegear.com/UserFiles/leopold_l(4).jpg My wife's keyboard is a shitty old 10 dollar OEM one, and it has a small backspace key. I can't even type on it because the backspace key drives me batty Lol. Given the price of that particular SteelSeries keyboard, it's unreasonable really. 109 for the one I linked, works a treat. Edit: Well I know those SS ones are really pricey here in AU, not sure on US though. | ||
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PrinceXizor
United States17713 Posts
pretty much mechanical macros | ||
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Dozle
Canada147 Posts
Theres been time where I am IM'ing and I send something I didn't mean to because the damn buttons are so close. | ||
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fasdaf
138 Posts
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susySquark
United States1692 Posts
On August 31 2011 13:28 fasdaf wrote: The US version (not the one in your picture) of the 6Gv2 actually does have a fullsize backspace key. Oddly enough, it still has the ISO style enter and slash keys though. The picture is the 7g. The 6g has a shrunken shift key, which is just as annoying, if not more... since I capitalize more than I backspace. | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
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susySquark
United States1692 Posts
On August 31 2011 13:43 Zlasher wrote: The Dell SK8115 and L100 have the perfect layout, seriously who's fucking idea was it to make a hugeass fucking enterkey and move |\ between question mark and a tiny ass shift, that is the same reason that I haven't boughten a steelseries keyboard yet, all my other stuff is steelseries except that becuase i jsut can't stand it. Exact same with me. Do they not do market research? Where are all the people who like the weird layouts hiding? | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On August 31 2011 11:00 FinBenton wrote: 6Gv2 has normal, bigger backspace. The huge enter is also fine, I actually love it  Yeah but the 6gv2 also has the stupid \ key where / should be, and the SS key is relatively useless. There's a thousand better ways they could've implemented the media keys. SS fucked up on the layout of the 6gv2 and 7g. For that matter, Razer fucked up on the Blackwidow's as well. I ended up popping off all the macro keys, so the keyboard would feel right. | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On August 31 2011 15:00 susySquark wrote: Exact same with me. Do they not do market research? Where are all the people who like the weird layouts hiding? It's the same thing with mice and even cell phones. You could design an ideal product for most customers fairly easily and without much cost, but instead companies try to do stupid unique shit so they'll stand out, and they end up just making their product inconvenient or wasteful. | ||
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susySquark
United States1692 Posts
On August 31 2011 15:00 Jibba wrote: Yeah but the 6gv2 also has the stupid \ key where / should be, and the SS key is relatively useless. There's a thousand better ways they could've implemented the media keys. SS fucked up on the layout of the 6gv2 and 7g. For that matter, Razer fucked up on the Blackwidow's as well. I ended up popping off all the macro keys, so the keyboard would feel right. DUDE thats the other thing, I actually use my Windows key for shortcuts like Win+D, Win+R, Win+M, and for the start menu. Can the SS key work as a windows key? | ||
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ticktack
United Arab Emirates874 Posts
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CooDu
Australia899 Posts
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itsjustatank
Hong Kong9183 Posts
I personally like the large enter key for coding and typing purposes. Small backspace doesn't matter, because I end up hitting backspace at that same place regardless of the key's actual length. | ||
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T0fuuu
Australia2275 Posts
![[image loading]](http://colemak.com/wiki/images/8/80/Colemak_layout_2.png) I prefer normal enter key and oversized backspace though. I also do not like fn keys and tilde ~ not being there. | ||
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