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I thought the author sounded like a curmudgeony luddite. Ofcourse anything "different" will feel wrong for a little while. You have some muscle memory that you
by blah32497 13y ago
I thought the author sounded like a curmudgeony luddite. Ofcourse anything "different" will feel wrong for a little while. You have some muscle memory that you need to get over. So if you really wanna write a review, suck it up and use it till your fingers get rewired. Then write your reviews complaining about keyboard design.
I don't think he even tried the keyboards he's talking about, let alone give himself some time to get used to them.
I don't go read Vi's man page and then complain how it's too hard and unusual.
- xradionut 13y agoHave you met the author? Peter is opinionated, but most of the time he has a valid reason for it. As a writer and a programmer, a good keyboard is a necessity for his work. (I'd bet he's typed as many or more lines of code than a good number of folks here at HN.) At work we have have folks that order and try out several different keyboards before settling on one that meets their needs. When a programmer makes 80K, a few extra hundred dollars at the extreme to make them efficient and happy is noise in the budget. Even our interns get their choice.
- keithpeter 13y agoI take your point, but the OA was reviewing a laptop. No choice of keyboard, and perhaps need to mode shift between non-standard and standard key positions. I attempt to play piano. Any clever redesigns of that 88 key layout are not going to work.
- xradionut 13y agoI chose my laptop mainly on the quality and layout of the keyboard. Unlike the OP, I don't travel as much so I had more choices due to the fact I have 17.3" laptop.