@Edwin Yip: MS 4000 ergonomic ?
Ergonomics with a staggered layout ? http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/40390/why-are-keyboard-keys-slanted-left
Staggered layout simply s****s and is inherited of 150 years of habits because of mechanical limitations.
Selling pseudo ergonomics keyboard but still keeping the staggered layout makes me wonder why, oh why ?
I want a keyboard with the numeric keypad to the left of the alpha keypad. Either that, or move the cursor keys (the middle keypad) to the left side.
Both of these redesigns position the main keypad in the center of the device, which is where they should be. You shouldnāt have to lean to the left or position your keyboard three inches to the right just to type normal text.
Sadly, this is still not available for a German keyboard layout:
Is the CODE keyboard available in ISO layouts?
No, we currently only have the CODE available with the standard US ANSI layout. We do not have plans for an ISO layout, but we will try to come up with a solution for that in the future.
Do you have any suggestions for good keyboards with a German layout or a solution to the Umlaut-problem?
What is the difference between the CODE and those WASD keyboards? They look pretty similar. Also there are Cherry keyboards supplied with the same mechanics and price. Itās not clear from the post what is unique with this model.
And yet you still failed. No color lighting options besides clear. No alternative keyboard layouts. No alternative switch options besides clear and green like blue or brown. Outside of the clean design how exactly does this uberfy what we are looking for?
The ONLY thing that needed done was backlighting options added to the WASD custom. How does anyone screw that up?
Boy, when I grow up maybe Iāll be able to design my own keyboard as well!
That is, if apple stop doing it right. Since Iāve switched to mac I saw no reason to be bothered by keyboards, except my small macbook have no numpad.
I also find sad so many people comment on how they want ergo, but Iāve tried ergo and I can see why some people might enjoy it. I donāt. Too big, keys too far apart. I suppose it is just a matter of taste. Iāve been using a regular mac usb keyboard for some years now and only thing I truly miss is the backlight.
The windows key is requisite for short-cuts. If you have trouble accidentally hitting it perhaps you might spend some time with a typing program.
However, in an effort to provide more than a quip, as stated on the product page:
āAre you a gamer who wishes you could disable the Windows key? Wouldnāt it be nice if the useless scroll lock key and scroll lock indicator could be a Windows key lock function instead?ā ā¦ āAll this and more can be configured via a row of DIP switches on the back of the keyboard.ā
Any chance of getting a keyboard with a layout where the numpad and command keys are integrated? If possible, IMO this would be an awesome option to haveā¦ This allows the keyboard to still be more compact then a full key layout, but you still get a full numpad for the occasions when you need to enter alt codes or lots of numbers, etc. An example is the CM Storm QuickFire TK, as seen here: http://www.amazon.com/CM-Storm-QuickFire-TK-Mechanical/dp/B00A378L4C
looks like an awesome keyboard, but can we have one in standard Mac layout? Or at least can we have some spare Mac keys in the box (eg OPTION/COMMAND) so that we can fully switch them over?
great keyboard except one thing ā¦ the characters on the numeric keys (1 ! 2@ 3# ā¦ ) are side-by-side, which is a bit odd as most if not all keyboards iāve used have the special characters above the numeric charactersā¦ so if you are a hunt-n-peck typist like myself, it makes your eyes do a quick ādouble checkā ā¦ which is kind of annoying ā¦ would be awesome if we could get replacements for those keysā¦ (oh also a nice backlit Mac CMD key too)
Iāve bought two of these when they came out. I canāt recommend them because the key caps are cheaply made, and will eventually rub off. For the same price you can get keyboards with double-shot PBT keycaps, a much better construction that wonāt wear off, and a better material than ABS.
I must confess I didnāt read all previous 199 comments, but I would kindly request some audio with the sound of typing in The Code Keyboard with each Cherry MX.