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[–] Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But wait!
This keyboard has 45 keys and not 100 like most normal keyboards, so they cut 55%!

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Itrieditandiamnothappythatthereisnospacebaronthatkeyboard.

[–] Nikko882@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

You couldn't have written this on that keyboard. That keyboard has no a (or z).

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The central control probably is set to spacebar, i dont think they make small space bars and they already have another control key down the right.

It does however not have an “a” key, so maybe yours is misconfigured so the control-spacebar is the letter a?

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[–] trespasser69@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At least you still can press Alt+F4

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

You can remap it to require less finger gymnastics... I prefer super+q, personally.

[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I want a keyboard that is just one main key with 100 or so modifier keys surrounding it.

[–] Cargon@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Let's embrace that stenotype life.

[–] Frozzie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Dasnap@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You've got an 'S' key, so that's enough.

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Perfect for ordering some pissa

[–] addie@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

No 'a', so it's perfect for ordering some piss.

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fun fact: "pissa" means piss in Finnish

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

But can you still order it online?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Alphabet didn't turn enough profit this quarter, so they had to make some difficult choices and cut their less used options

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[–] verstra@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Can someone explain why this would be even slightly useful to anyone?

How does one type without a and z?

this is a fancy mechanical keyboard and can be programmed. The missing keys are typed using key combinations.

In general I love the reprogrammability of mech keyboards, but this one is fucking weird ngl

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

The left Shift is A, and Caps Lock is Z.

To get those keys to function as Shift/Caps you would need to hold down the Fn key (bottom right).

I’m all for minimalist keyboards, but this shit is a bit too ridiculous.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] elidoz@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

it is possible if you get enough time to think of every word, you just need to to find synonims so you don't write specific letters, often needing to switch both words/speech style

(it's very difficult though, I've been writing this comment for 5 to 10 minutes)

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You cn totlly get by without them

[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Definitely unneeded. The ending letter of the series of letters we employ to form words is especially useless, but to be honest the first is mostly superfluous too

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

FN key on quadruple duty

[–] mihor@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I SO hate the CapsLock, the most useless key in the best of locations. I converted it to XCape on all my keebs!

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Usually on boards like this it's remapped to Ctrl, Esc or whatever you actually want. At this point having the caps button still there is purely cosmetic.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Managers will still expect you to do 60% of your work on 60% of your keyboard.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago

Wtf is code?

[–] Crafter72@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As someone that into mech keyboard hobby, I can say that's still perceivable for average user as you still retain the familiar "qwerty" layout.

Look up stenograph keyboard. They have lesser keys but allows someone to write higher wpm and programmable though I don't think they would fit for average office workload (unless you types a lot).

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