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Web site advice: The spinning graphic is cool but it's very hard to get a decent look at the whole thing. I even tried clicking to pause it. It seems like all t

Web site advice: The spinning graphic is cool but it's very hard to get a decent look at the whole thing. I even tried clicking to pause it. It seems like all the pictures are partial or moving. As the keyboard goes: As others have noted, it would be really nice to see this design approach taken to a more full-sized standard keyboard. I think it's necessary to have some kind of tactile thing between function keys - a gap, a bump, something.

das_keyboard 4y ago
In Firefox you can right click and select show controls. This shows you the controls for the 17s video that is being looped and you can seek and pause at will.
mromanuk 4y ago
More Website advice: - the text is too big - Add padding to text and images - Add space between elements (look crowded) - too much moving stuff: Loose the marquee text Pictures and videos looks awesome, the product looks superb, love the concept of having different height for keys. Congratulations on your launch!
- elliotpage 4y ago
  I am sorry, but I strongly disagree. The Marquee text is what catapulted the site from "This is nice" to "This is Art" for me. But then again I am more viewing the page as a piece of performance art than an actual attempt to sell me a keyboard!
  - davidmurdoch 4y ago
    Try looking at out on mobile. It screams geocities.
  - cuu508 4y ago
    It looks good at some viewport sizes, but the margins are a bit messed up at other sizes: https://i.imgur.com/8XLzD0S.png https://i.imgur.com/8XLzD0S.png
  - scratcheee 4y ago
    The <marquee> shall scroll again. Needs some <blink> to be True Art though.
  - HEI-Points 4y ago
    I haven't seen marquee text without an "Under construction!" .gif in quite a long time. It's tacky. Even if you disagree the constant motion is objectively bad for people with attention impairments ("cognitive accessibility").
- thiht 4y ago
  Everything is too big and zoom out is broken. Honestly it's completely unreadable to me. I'm not even exaggerating, I really cannot read the "Introducing..." sentence. There's no way to get a full view of the keyboard layout. The only full image is vertical (wtf), spinning (wtf) and doesn't fit on my 27" monitor (wtf). I would almost be ok if zoom out worked, but it doesn't. Update: writing this, I see now that the top image shows the full keyboard horizontally... for 1 full second. With no way to pause the animation. And it keeps spinning and spinning. Also the mouse cursor is horrendous and unnecessary. I feel like I would like the design of this keyboard (except for the font choice which I don't like at all), but the website refuses to show it to me. Too bad. Also why is there a "shft" key instead of "shift"? Did the "i" not fit? I'm not sure what the rotary encoder is for? What does it do?
bambax 4y ago
Yes, I had the same problem with the moving images; this is static: https://electronicmaterialsoffice.com/img/layouts.jpg https://electronicmaterialsoffice.com/img/layouts.jpg (but not hi-def).
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numlock86 4y ago
I don't have a cursor on the website. Is it just me? As soon as I click the link it simply goes invisible. I see some hover effects when I move around, though. Is this intended design as in "use your keyboard"? I mean I'd get the joke but it's a terrible idea ...
- MauranKilom 4y ago
  The site applies (for me) a custom cursor. Presumably it failed to load the graphic for you and thus you get no cursor at all.
  - paledot 4y ago
    I had thought we as a species had evolved past that particular design wart.
  - numlock86 4y ago
    > custom cursors in 2022 Ah, I should have thought of that as soon as I saw the marquee text.
kerblang 4y ago
Replying to myself, someone else said look at https://electronicmaterialsoffice.com/img/layouts.jpg https://electronicmaterialsoffice.com/img/layouts.jpg in a browser window and deleted their comment (?) Anyhow, just realized: no page down, page up, home or end keys? What? No.
Cyberdog 4y ago

das_keyboard 4y ago

In Firefox you can right click and select show controls. This shows you the controls for the 17s video that is being looped and you can seek and pause at will.

mromanuk 4y ago

More Website advice: - the text is too big - Add padding to text and images - Add space between elements (look crowded) - too much moving stuff: Loose the marquee text Pictures and videos looks awesome, the product looks superb, love the concept of having different height for keys. Congratulations on your launch!

elliotpage 4y ago
I am sorry, but I strongly disagree. The Marquee text is what catapulted the site from "This is nice" to "This is Art" for me. But then again I am more viewing the page as a piece of performance art than an actual attempt to sell me a keyboard!
- davidmurdoch 4y ago
  Try looking at out on mobile. It screams geocities.
- cuu508 4y ago
  It looks good at some viewport sizes, but the margins are a bit messed up at other sizes: https://i.imgur.com/8XLzD0S.png https://i.imgur.com/8XLzD0S.png
- scratcheee 4y ago
  The <marquee> shall scroll again. Needs some <blink> to be True Art though.
- HEI-Points 4y ago
  I haven't seen marquee text without an "Under construction!" .gif in quite a long time. It's tacky. Even if you disagree the constant motion is objectively bad for people with attention impairments ("cognitive accessibility").
thiht 4y ago
Everything is too big and zoom out is broken. Honestly it's completely unreadable to me. I'm not even exaggerating, I really cannot read the "Introducing..." sentence. There's no way to get a full view of the keyboard layout. The only full image is vertical (wtf), spinning (wtf) and doesn't fit on my 27" monitor (wtf). I would almost be ok if zoom out worked, but it doesn't. Update: writing this, I see now that the top image shows the full keyboard horizontally... for 1 full second. With no way to pause the animation. And it keeps spinning and spinning. Also the mouse cursor is horrendous and unnecessary. I feel like I would like the design of this keyboard (except for the font choice which I don't like at all), but the website refuses to show it to me. Too bad. Also why is there a "shft" key instead of "shift"? Did the "i" not fit? I'm not sure what the rotary encoder is for? What does it do?

bambax 4y ago

Yes, I had the same problem with the moving images; this is static: https://electronicmaterialsoffice.com/img/layouts.jpg https://electronicmaterialsoffice.com/img/layouts.jpg (but not hi-def).

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numlock86 4y ago

I don't have a cursor on the website. Is it just me? As soon as I click the link it simply goes invisible. I see some hover effects when I move around, though. Is this intended design as in "use your keyboard"? I mean I'd get the joke but it's a terrible idea ...

MauranKilom 4y ago
The site applies (for me) a custom cursor. Presumably it failed to load the graphic for you and thus you get no cursor at all.
- paledot 4y ago
  I had thought we as a species had evolved past that particular design wart.
- numlock86 4y ago
  > custom cursors in 2022 Ah, I should have thought of that as soon as I saw the marquee text.

kerblang 4y ago

Replying to myself, someone else said look at https://electronicmaterialsoffice.com/img/layouts.jpg https://electronicmaterialsoffice.com/img/layouts.jpg in a browser window and deleted their comment (?) Anyhow, just realized: no page down, page up, home or end keys? What? No.

Cyberdog 4y ago