It was a matter of many months, although not 100% all the time on it. I started with trying different designs for a single "down" key mechanism, then just kept broadening the scope - creating a single "cluster" of 5…
I'm honestly not convinced it's actually copper filled. The listing says it is, but its density says otherwise. Regardless, it was the most opaque thing I had on hand, so.. :) There's some good info on opaque filament…
Yeah, it's in the works :) The vinyl cut thing was super useful during the prototype stage, while things were still in flux, and the much shorter turnaround time was advantageous. Although it turned out to be a little…
You get a gold star :D
I guess it's a personality thing. I actually love that whole experience - both when I switched to dvorak on a normal keyboard, and then again when I switched to a datahand. I love the process of developing muscle…
Thanks! :) It does technically require chording, but honestly not much more than a normal keyboard. Just a few extra "shift" keys, more or less. And normal textual input is pretty much all non-chorded. I'm a tiny bit…
I actually prefer number entry on the datahand. They're such a reach from home position on a normal keyboard, but they're just as easy to hit as anything else, with a datahand-like.
[4] That's me! :) It is quite comfortable to type on. And it's actually great for mouse+kb gaming too. I have 20 keys right at my fingertips, and I typically map all 3 modifiers to the thumb. Although I do recommend…
Yeah, most of the heavily used keys are mapped to north, south and down. There are a few letters mapped to side keys, but they're mostly on the first two fingers. The first finger can do either side direction fairly…
I also recently posted a typing video on the lalboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMhOIgrdeE0
The actual disassembly is done by smali, which the source code is in fact available for at http://smali.googlecode.com.
It was a matter of many months, although not 100% all the time on it. I started with trying different designs for a single "down" key mechanism, then just kept broadening the scope - creating a single "cluster" of 5…
I'm honestly not convinced it's actually copper filled. The listing says it is, but its density says otherwise. Regardless, it was the most opaque thing I had on hand, so.. :) There's some good info on opaque filament…
Yeah, it's in the works :) The vinyl cut thing was super useful during the prototype stage, while things were still in flux, and the much shorter turnaround time was advantageous. Although it turned out to be a little…
You get a gold star :D
I guess it's a personality thing. I actually love that whole experience - both when I switched to dvorak on a normal keyboard, and then again when I switched to a datahand. I love the process of developing muscle…
Thanks! :) It does technically require chording, but honestly not much more than a normal keyboard. Just a few extra "shift" keys, more or less. And normal textual input is pretty much all non-chorded. I'm a tiny bit…
I actually prefer number entry on the datahand. They're such a reach from home position on a normal keyboard, but they're just as easy to hit as anything else, with a datahand-like.
[4] That's me! :) It is quite comfortable to type on. And it's actually great for mouse+kb gaming too. I have 20 keys right at my fingertips, and I typically map all 3 modifiers to the thumb. Although I do recommend…
Yeah, most of the heavily used keys are mapped to north, south and down. There are a few letters mapped to side keys, but they're mostly on the first two fingers. The first finger can do either side direction fairly…
I also recently posted a typing video on the lalboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMhOIgrdeE0
The actual disassembly is done by smali, which the source code is in fact available for at http://smali.googlecode.com.