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Alex PoundsComputer keyboards should have a removable crumb tray, like a toaster.
πͺπΊ Paul Schoonhoven ππ@creature @edgeofeurope they should be open... The 'crumb tray' is the desk itself. π
Johan Diederik@creature in medicine we have all sorts of hygienic key boards.
Cykonot@JohanDiederik @creature the plastic coating π€’
Maxilo OveritThat seems like it should be something that keyboard makers put in automatically by now. Either that or make the back removable with just one or two (not seven or eight) screws or clips.
SteveJB has moved@aka_quant_noir I made the mistake once of taking out all 18 screws and I lifted the back. All the keys fell out on the desk and it took me hour to get it back together. I'm pretty sure some of the keys ended up in the wrong places. Hence my type-os.
@SteveJB Yeah that's a design flaw.
Robin Hood@creature this is the best take Iβve seen on the internet in some years
Resuna@creature OMG YES
Rachel@creature also they should be splash resistant.
RIP Corsair k95
Darwin Woodka@transitory @creature mine's waterproof. I can throw it in the dishwasher if I want to.
Roadskater, Ph.D.@darwinwoodka @transitory @creature 30 years ago I spilled Cherry Coke all over a Mac SE keyboard. I washed it out in the bathtub and it kept working as long as the Mac did.
phryk π΄@creature Definitely the best dumb idea I've seen so far this year and I actually want that as a real feature.
David Colquhoun on Bluesky@creature
Yes!
My 7 yo Toshiba laptop is fine, apart from keyboard which suffers from crumbs and pipe ash π
Yes!
My 7 yo Toshiba laptop is fine, apart from keyboard which suffers from crumbs and pipe ash π
John Francis@creature can confirm. Most of these went through my beard first. But worth it.
Allan Chow@grumpasaurus @creature today: keto bar, smoked turkey, concentric layers of coffee residues.
slowtiger@creature And drainage holes.
kamstrup@creature same, but for cars
ChrisAshtear@creature the g413 se is open, so you should be able to blow the crumbs off easy.
@Turiddu@creature Exactly!
Raphael@creature I never thought of it that way, but now that you bring it up...
CodieneC@creature ... and a silicone shield to protect the inner works from coffee :p
Randy Tayler@creature ...
Now you have me considering if it's possible.
Now you have me considering if it's possible.
@creature can we call it the "Less Crummy Keyboard" please?
danimo π³οΈβπ@creature Yay, and I would like to see a centrifugal discharge, like in those fancy ashtrays from the sixties.
M Berberich@creature
Pyrolyse wΓ€re aber cooler...
Pyrolyse wΓ€re aber cooler...
Ironski
mk30
Ulf Henrich 
Ashton@creature itβs not quite the same, but mechanical keyboards where the switches are installed in sockets allow for the switches to be removed for cleaning.
PapaErnie69@creature The million-dollar idea... π₯°
Daedalous Eros@creature dude, you're a fucking genius! This should be legally required.
Daniel Pavey@creature ooh yeah. You said something there...
Whiskers π¦πΊ@creature Brilliant mate! Thereβs an Ecology PhD in there too if anyoneβs interested
Mohs@creature I saw a keyboard once, that you can "roll up", which was also water proof and hence no crumbs would get stuck insideβ¦
Ngati Pakeha Kuia@creature I learned to move away from the keyboard to consume food or drink. Itβs an enforced break.
Nephi@creature now I am thinking about the ramifications of using canned air on a toaster to get the crumbs not on the tray...
Dave bauer@creature You can just put an IBM Model M in the dishwaser.
Joe 
@creature , one of the benefits of 10 finger typing, I can't eat croissants at the same time.
FoolishOwl@creature This needs to happen.
David H. McCoySomething for eyelashes and nail clippings.
hockeystickrick@creature they make toasters with crumb trays?
WildRikku@creature Genius. I want that. The closest I know is the keyboard I use that has a special cap design that makes the space between the keys way easier accessible so a) I can clean easier and b) I clean more often because I can see the dirt urgh
Blue Cat Defends!@creature why hasn't this been invented yet???
coldclimate@creature oh my, yes yes yes
ferricoxide@creature I'd be happy if it were easy to get pet (and human) hairs out.
Eric Adams@creature early in my IT career I had a user who regularly ate over his keyboard and it always grossed me out when I had to fix his PC. It was literally full of crumbs and who knows what else.
Scratch Monkey BLU3@creature when you think about it, the keyboard is the removable crumb tray of the computer 
David Penington@creature Just turn it upside-down and shake it, then right side up, repeat twice - just like a toaster without a crumb tray!
Frances_Larina π³οΈββ§οΈ
Urban Hermit@creature so gross yet so true.
That moment when you notice a crumb, and try to flick it away without pressing the key and seeing in disappear into your electronics forever.
Who by avalanche who by powder
KevinFlynn 
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Bastron glass keyboard
Bastron glass keyboard
RenΓ© Fouquet@creature Apple used to produce a keyboard that was essentially one giant crump tray.
Colin Purrington
em | Χ©ΧΧΧ@colinpurrington @rene @creature i always hope eventually we'll reach equilibrium where the bugs become numerous enough to eventually eat the crumbs at the same rate as they fall.