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Coolest Keyboard Ever...
2005-07-15, 2:05 PM #41
Quote:
Originally posted by Emon
Edit: Even better...instead of having extra keys, just use the QWERTY keys for common functions in your apps. But then you think...what about typing in dialog boxes? Every time you need to type, enter text, etc, the keys just instantly switch back to letters. Kickass!


Yeah, I was thinking the same thing for keys like shift, alt, ctrl, etc.
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2005-07-15, 2:23 PM #42
Yeah.. to bad it isn't real.
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2005-07-15, 2:25 PM #43
Quote:
Originally posted by Z@NARDI
Yeah.. to bad it isn't real.


Yeah...it is.
D E A T H
2005-07-15, 4:25 PM #44
Quote:
Originally posted by Emon
This is some great 21st century technology. Fixed controls are so inefficient and archaic. Imagine switching between applications and having your keys automatically adjust and display new function. You could add a couple rows of F-like keys which could be bound to your typical ALT-<key> functions...productivity would be increased like tenfold.

Edit: Even better...instead of having extra keys, just use the QWERTY keys for common functions in your apps. But then you think...what about typing in dialog boxes? Every time you need to type, enter text, etc, the keys just instantly switch back to letters. Kickass!


Right now those keys on the far left are for switching between program shortcuts. Hit the Firefox icon button, and you get your whole keyboard set up for Firefox. Hit photoshop, and all the photoshop shortcuts come up.

Although an autodetection scheme would kick even more *** :D
2005-07-15, 5:30 PM #45
Quote:
Originally posted by Dj Yoshi
Yeah...it is.


Uh.. too bad it's not

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laying on of hands
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2005-07-15, 5:35 PM #46
SWEET!
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2005-07-15, 5:49 PM #47
Quoted from their FAQ:

Quote:
Frequently Answered Answers about the Optimus keyboard
It's in initial stage of production
We hope it will be released in 2006
It will cost less than a good mobile phone
It will be real
It will be OS-independent (at least it can work in some default state with any OS)
It will support any language or layout
Moscow is the capital of Russia
Each key could be programmed to produce any sequence
...
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2005-07-15, 6:35 PM #48
Next step to something like LCARS. hurrah!
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2005-07-15, 6:38 PM #49
Computer, kill Bobbert006.

(I made a script in mIRC called LCARS. It's a bot. >.>)

Anyways, yes, the capital of Russia is Moscow indeed. Exciting.
2005-07-17, 12:39 AM #50
Hate to dredge something up from page 2, but it's definately going into production, though the cost will be pretty high:

http://primotechnology.com/index.php?art=articles/0705/optimus/index.htm
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2005-07-17, 9:18 AM #51
Hopefully it will be possible to have images shown across the entire keyboard, which would be kickass.
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2005-07-17, 9:24 AM #52
Tastes good.
2005-07-17, 10:36 AM #53
omgomgomggom sex

you can customize/make your own images too.
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2005-07-17, 5:19 PM #54
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This is better.

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2005-07-17, 5:50 PM #55
Yours doesn't have glowing buttons.
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2005-07-17, 6:09 PM #56
The W key is too far over and would mess it up for gaming.
2005-07-17, 6:15 PM #57
W key is in the same place it always is on every standard QWERTY keyboard I've ever used...
2005-07-17, 7:20 PM #58
WOOT!
Nothing to see here, move along.
2005-07-17, 10:16 PM #59
Quote:
Originally posted by Darth
W key is in the same place it always is on every standard QWERTY keyboard I've ever used...


But you can change that. :D
2005-07-17, 10:42 PM #60
Hey...now we can make an Any key image and have it be on any key! >_>

Maybe the next generation will have the whole front of the keyboard be able to display images so we can have keyboard background layouts.

Quote:
Originally posted by Bobbert006
Next step to something like LCARS. hurrah!


Just make some custom images to put on the keys and then put a glossy black mat over the other parts of the keyboard and voila, LCARS.
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2005-07-18, 1:09 AM #61
Damn, that keyboard is just plain cool, even completely ignoring every pratical aspect of such a design... :)
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