Posted By: fastlane69
Best Keyboard Ever!
Posted By: broozar
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/11/08 01:14
pretty gay
Posted By: PHeMoX
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/11/08 01:46
Aah, another one of those things that should have won the vaporware award 2007 hahaha, but yeah, definitely a cool gadget. 
Posted By: ISG
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/11/08 02:17
Expensive, but neat. I'll take the girl for that price though 
Posted By: sPlKe
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/11/08 07:54
yeah, id take the girl over the keyboard aswell... and on the keyboard aswell 
Posted By: Michael_Schwarz
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/11/08 10:04
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yeah, id take the girl over the keyboard aswell... and on the keyboard aswell
seconded
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Not but really, this thing has been announced since a good year... i wonder why it took you guys so long to find it
Posted By: Nardulus
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/11/08 14:17
Funny / Strange tech support call...
Caller: Yea, I have dead pixels on my keyboard, where can I return it?
Tech Support: Huh??????
Ken
Posted By: Machinery_Frank
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/11/08 15:15
This idea is not that bad.
If you can display any text on your keys then you could easily switch between complex software tools like Blender, Lightwave, XSI and you dont have to wonder again and again the key konfigurations. You just switch the display and you can read what button activates the rotate function etc.
If you can display any text on your keys then you could easily switch between complex software tools like Blender, Lightwave, XSI and you dont have to wonder again and again the key konfigurations. You just switch the display and you can read what button activates the rotate function etc.
Posted By: fastlane69
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/11/08 17:29
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If you can display any text on your keys then you could easily switch between complex software tools like Blender, Lightwave, XSI and you dont have to wonder again and again the key konfigurations. You just switch the display and you can read what button activates the rotate function etc.
Ahhhh, finally someone who gets this. Dont' you see? This is the future of keyboards... well maybe not this exact model, but the idea that the keys are monitors too allows for what frank said and more. Imagine making a game like "whack a mole" where you have to search out the "red" key on your keyboard. Or how about a strategy game where a ECM attack will have the effect of scrambling your keyboard for a few seconds. Or how about changing the language character set and not having to guess which key is the diacritical "n"!
Laugh all you want... mostly for the reason Frank said but for many more, I personally feel this is the way that all keyoards are going to go... you'll see... you'll all see... and then, you'll be sorry... oh yeah, REAL sorry....
Posted By: lostclimate
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/11/08 18:08
ehh... I could see that only ending as a novelty... but then again, everybody said the same about a personal computer.
Posted By: Michael_Schwarz
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/11/08 18:24
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If you can display any text on your keys then you could easily switch between complex software tools like Blender, Lightwave, XSI and you dont have to wonder again and again the key konfigurations. You just switch the display and you can read what button activates the rotate function etc.
Ahhhh, finally someone who gets this. Dont' you see? This is the future of keyboards... well maybe not this exact model, but the idea that the keys are monitors too allows for what frank said and more. Imagine making a game like "whack a mole" where you have to search out the "red" key on your keyboard. Or how about a strategy game where a ECM attack will have the effect of scrambling your keyboard for a few seconds. Or how about changing the language character set and not having to guess which key is the diacritical "n"!
Laugh all you want... mostly for the reason Frank said but for many more, I personally feel this is the way that all keyoards are going to go... you'll see... you'll all see... and then, you'll be sorry... oh yeah, REAL sorry....
hey, i like it too - its just, I've seen it one year ago already, only that now its released
Posted By: William
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/11/08 23:59
Neat, I heard of this before, but never seen it. This would probably work well internationally. If you could easily swap out an English keyboard for something else. I also like the little pictures of Photoshop and Firefox, easy for starting programs without your desktop. Could very well be what all keyboards will turn into, just as long as it's comfortable to type.
Posted By: FBL
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/12/08 00:18
They had problems with the "lighting" of the keys. This is also why the price is that huge and why they have some delay.
The idea is very nice and useful, but since I'm guilty in several keyboard murders, this is nothing for me.
The idea is very nice and useful, but since I'm guilty in several keyboard murders, this is nothing for me.
Posted By: Joozey
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/12/08 01:41
Why is she nodding 99% of the time
Posted By: xXxGuitar511
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/12/08 02:42
...because she doesn't care or understand it, she's just there to look pretty.
I think the keyboards allright. If it became popular, then you could probably make some cool games with it
. But it's also more crap running on your system, and distracting you...
I think the keyboards allright. If it became popular, then you could probably make some cool games with it
. But it's also more crap running on your system, and distracting you...
Posted By: Doug
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/12/08 09:28
A visual keyboard would have no practical use for me, since I never look down when I type.
It looks neat, but it feels like a solution looking for a problem (IMHO).
It looks neat, but it feels like a solution looking for a problem (IMHO).
Posted By: PHeMoX
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/12/08 16:09
True, I hardly ever look down too, hadn't thought about that. I've also noticed that lights on a keyboard isn't always practical, but can be distracting. Take for example the G15 logitech keyboard.
Cheers
Cheers
Posted By: Machinery_Frank
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/12/08 16:22
It is easy to check out:
Just try to work in the dark at your pc.
I learned to type with 10 fingers without looking at the keyboard.
But I realize that I do look at the keyboard while playing games or while modelling. So I have problems to work in the dark and I always switch a light on if I work at nights.
So it still makes sense to illuminate or display keys. But my vision is more than only colors and letters. There could be little icons for special functions and much more just changing while you change your software. So you can learn a software faster and at the end you might not need them but it feels better.
There is also a big difference if you work only with one software or with dozens of them. If I program with Delphi then I know all my shortcuts and dont have to use the menu or the mouse.
But when I switch between Lightwave, ZBrush, Bodypaint3d, Milkshape, Blender, WED, MED, Torque, Beyond Virtual, C4 and Fragmotion then I never have the chance to remind all those keys. And I need all those tools to create and test artworks for my customers.
Just try to work in the dark at your pc.
I learned to type with 10 fingers without looking at the keyboard.
But I realize that I do look at the keyboard while playing games or while modelling. So I have problems to work in the dark and I always switch a light on if I work at nights.
So it still makes sense to illuminate or display keys. But my vision is more than only colors and letters. There could be little icons for special functions and much more just changing while you change your software. So you can learn a software faster and at the end you might not need them but it feels better.
There is also a big difference if you work only with one software or with dozens of them. If I program with Delphi then I know all my shortcuts and dont have to use the menu or the mouse.
But when I switch between Lightwave, ZBrush, Bodypaint3d, Milkshape, Blender, WED, MED, Torque, Beyond Virtual, C4 and Fragmotion then I never have the chance to remind all those keys. And I need all those tools to create and test artworks for my customers.
Posted By: Doug
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/12/08 20:57
If you use a lot of different tools, having a row or two of user defined function keys makes sense. But, having a display in each key is kind of overkill.
To be really useful however, there needs to be a standard. That way, every application can take advantage of it and you can have lots of different hardware solutions to pick from.
To be really useful however, there needs to be a standard. That way, every application can take advantage of it and you can have lots of different hardware solutions to pick from.
Posted By: Damocles
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/12/08 21:07
Its good for use in Germany, as the german Keys are set differntly to the english
layout. Switching it without plugging in another keyboard is a good alternative.
Also for porfessional editing, that have many keys assigned to shortcuts.
layout. Switching it without plugging in another keyboard is a good alternative.
Also for porfessional editing, that have many keys assigned to shortcuts.
Posted By: alleen
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/12/08 21:36
there is one big problem with that keyboard for me...
i can't afford anything but the cheapest of the cheap, cause every once in a while i happen to --accidentally-- split some tea over it and i need to replace it with a new one
i can't afford anything but the cheapest of the cheap, cause every once in a while i happen to --accidentally-- split some tea over it and i need to replace it with a new one
Posted By: padrino
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/12/08 21:42
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there is one big problem with that keyboard for me...
i can't afford anything but the cheapest of the cheap, cause every once in a while i happen to --accidentally-- split some tea over it and i need to replace it with a new one
yep, same here
@topic:
well it looks like a really neat idea, but personally, i gotta say that i would really not be interested in buying something like that. i do not play games very often, and the few that i play are controlwise so easy that i get that down in the blink of an eye.
neither do i do a lot of programming and/or game design at the moment because i am really busy with school...
i can see that if you are using a lot of program it will make work easier for you, but actually - they keys look incredibly uncomfortable... they are like huge and the led screens (so i think) would just not feel good under your fingers...
i'd really like to know how heavy that thing is... looks like it would be about the weight of a monitor
(not good to take to LAN parties no no no no...)off topic: the guy who presents this looks really nerdy... (and - damn - that girl is hot
)
Posted By: Nems
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/12/08 22:18
I see a backlit wifi keyboard on Microsoft.com, maybe that was inspired by the LED keyboard?
Yeah, spills are big prob for me 2 (so what happened to the plastic coated keyboards?) and I certainly cannot think of a reason to own such a keyboard except for novelty.
Plug-in Game play keyboards on the other hand may intice me more
Yeah, spills are big prob for me 2 (so what happened to the plastic coated keyboards?) and I certainly cannot think of a reason to own such a keyboard except for novelty.
Plug-in Game play keyboards on the other hand may intice me more
Posted By: FBL
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/12/08 22:29
Then again with 4eyes you can look at the screen and the keyboard at the same time...
Posted By: Nems
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/13/08 02:23
LOL (have to wear readers now, getting too old !
Posted By: Rhuarc
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/22/08 20:41
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True, I hardly ever look down too, hadn't thought about that. I've also noticed that lights on a keyboard isn't always practical, but can be distracting. Take for example the G15 logitech keyboard.
I personally loved the G15... the thing was built like a beast. Unfortuantely, I spilled soda on it and pulling it apart to clean it involved over 40 screws and 4 layers of casing
. Not much luck cleaning it all out... replaced it with a Logitec S510. Wicked nice key weight and a very thin keyboard. Plus the mouse has excellent response time.
Posted By: PHeMoX
Re: Best Keyboard Ever! - 01/22/08 20:57
True, it's definitely a great quality keyboard. I would probably buy it again if it would have a slightly bend keyboard lay-out like some of the Microsoft keyboards have for 'extra comfort'. (It actually works because you won't force your wrists into unnatural poses whilst typing.)
Because in my opinion that's probably the only real flaw the G15 has, it's somewhat prehistoric key lay-out,
Cheers
Because in my opinion that's probably the only real flaw the G15 has, it's somewhat prehistoric key lay-out,
Cheers