udcTAIKO 01 Keyboard - Launches Tuesday (June 2)
Sanctus9/10, only thing left wanting is a trackball or some sort of mouse input in the thumb cluster. Really love the design, especially the angle on the thumb cluster. I have a Charybdis from bastard KB and sometimes I wish the tilt on the thumb cluster was more pronounced.
Yeah I’ve definitely heard from quite a couple people that they’d like a trackball on one of the thumb cluster. Probably will explore this in the future but not anytime soon.
we are allsolid offering. good luck on the campaign.
i didn’t see any tenting options listed, are any planned or is that up to end user?
is there a split distance maximum listed am I missed it?
Thank you. In terms of tenting right now it’s up to the end user but we’re planning something afterwards.
Basically we see that some people still want to use a rest of some sort. But because wrist rests increase pressure on the carpal tunnel one of the options we’re exploring is a tenting kit that makes it so you can use a wrist rest without putting pressure on the carpal tunnel (instead the wrist rest would hit the furthest part of the ulna bone, which can be seen here.
ZachariahA nice addition to the 3d ergo keeb roster, i wish you luck on your campaign!
are the halves connected by wire? If so, with which connector?
This one agrees with Sanctus that some kind of mousing access without lifting hands would be good. Maybe an expansion port on the device?
Curious about how much of the space you looked into? These ones have a glove80, which has been a significant improvement to trying to use a laptop keyboard, but which does have any imperfections. From here these ones expected that the next major interface move, if there was another, but this has basically the things that were missing in the g80, from these ones perspective, and these ones would like to confirm details:
The switches are hot swappable, not soldered? The keyboard is entirely wired, with no wireless mode?
Expansion port is a possibility, but it would require a redesign. Not something we’d be able to do with this Kickstarter.
Yes it’s hotswap. Not soldered. Yes the keyboard is entirely wired. No wireless mode.
I understand this is a big deal for people who want to keep their desks clean. We’ll release a wireless one later on. We’re just trying to keep it simple and keep risk low right now. We also don’t know whether there’ll be hiccups with doing a wireless version. We plan to use a pre-certified FCC module but the product itself still needs FCC certification (though it should be easier than not using a pre-certified module). It just so happens the US recently changed regulations on certification so Chinese labs cannot be used. But similar to most hardware products, we need to make our PCBs and do our injection molds in China. From what I’m aware, getting FCC certification can take a few iterations. So as you can imagine, if it takes 2 weeks to ship from China to a non-Chinese lab each iteration, it might take longer than we expect. I don’t want to disappoint backers, so that’s why no wireless. Sorry it’s kind of a long answer.
Edit: Forgot to answer the other part of your question.
“No wireless” is in fact a selling point in this case.
Thanks for answering ^_^
You’re welcome! I’m just curious but is there a particular reason why no wireless is a selling point?
Security mindset; the convenience of wireless does not outweigh a preference against radiating everything you type for some entities. Cables can generally be had to any preferred length, so they aren’t a problem for this specific use case.
I may be wrong but wireless interference with nearby devices and ports, possibility of higher input latency, and comparative closed source nature of wireless devices makes me want to never buy a wireless keyboard.
I made the mistake of buying a wireless Logitech (I know, buying Logitech itself is a mistake) MX Vertical already, never again.
Never thought I’d see a Kinesis Advantage labelled as a traditional keyboard ;)
Nevertheless, good luck with the campaign. It seems like a well thought of design. I haven’t used one of these split concave keyboards, but the angle of the thumb cluster looks way better on yours than on the Kinesis.
tuckermWoo hoo! Hope the campaign goes well. I’ve been thinking about getting a curved keyboard for years now, this just might be the one.
That’s close to ideal but the lack of a trackball on the thumb cluster is a dealbreaker for me. Good luck!
My ideal would be a hybrid of the Charybdis and the Keyboardio Model 100. A model 100 with trackball.
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