Oct. 12th, 2004

denny: (This way up)
I don't regard myself as being a particularly unusual person. Therefore, I'm always surprised when a product I want, especially one that I can clearly specify the (short) required feature-set of, isn't easily available. After all, if I want it, surely the market must be there for mass production of said toy/gimmick/thingymajig.

In this case, what I want is a computer keyboard. Two actually, one for at home and one for at work, to replace the two I currently have. There are only five requirements for this keyboard, three of them essential, the other two desirable. Here they are, in order of importance:
  • NOT BLOODY SOFT TOUCH
  • Ergonomic layout
  • USB
  • Cordless
  • Black
reasons )

Anyway, you can't buy them. Or if you can, sporadic searching by me and a few friends over the last few years has failed to find them. Is it really that unusual a set of requirements? Or has the free market completely failed to fill a profitable niche here?

The closest thing I can find is so far is the Logitech 'Comfort', which meets four of my five criteria, but NOT the all important and massively over-riding first criterion.

Updates:
Split M-type keyboard?? Apparently not actually for sale. *sulk*
Datadesk SmartBoard. Weird keyboard layout, but online reviews suggest it has a very nice key action... hrm.
Kinesis Maxim. Adjustable split keyboard of some repute (and high price).
denny: Photo of my face in profile - looking to the right (*smile*)
I dare you to:
* Tell me your secret sexual deviation.
* Tell me your 4 secret online crushes.
* Tell me how old you were when you lost your virginity.
* Tell me if you've had or thought about experimenting with the same sex.
* Tell me if you've been submissive and how far.
* Tell me if you've been Dominant and how far.
* Tell me your secret fetish.
* Tell me the clothes your dream date would be wearing.
* Tell me the body part you're most fixated on and why.
* Tell me a secret.
* Post this in your LJ.

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