Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Re: Typing numbers

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 09:03:03AM EST, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 16:18, adroid28 <d.athinaios@gmail.com> wrote:

[..]

> > Or is it that with time I will be able to reach the numbers row
> > without looking?
> >
>
> I took a file to the F, J, 4, 8, F4, and F8 keys on the keyboard to
> help find them faster.

Interesting.. But shouldn't it be 4 & 7 rather than 4 & 8..?

> Then I painted the whole keyboard black!

Like so..?

http://www.daskeyboard.com/model-s-ultimate/

> Although painting may be a bit extreme, I do recommend filing a notch
> into the aforementioned keys. Years later and it still saves me
> precious seconds tens of times per day.
>
> If you really want to go wild on the keyboard, you can cut the silicon
> domes inside to make the keys easier to press.

No sure about that.. I usually find keyboards way too soft out of the
box..

> That is the third thing that I do to any new keyboard now (while the
> paint on the key caps is drying, after filing notches).
>
> Keyboard pictures upon request.

I for one would be interested.

Thanks,

cj


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