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earl
Member


36 Posts
6/04
Posted - Oct 26 2004 : 4:12AM
Damn.

My Logitech wireless keyboard shit the bed, so I needed a new one. Since it was my second logitech in so many years, I thoght I'd try Microsofts.

Staples had it, $59 with a $20 rebate. Fine. Came with a mouse I'll never use, but the youngsters like playing with it.

Come to use the damned thing, and the layout is all wrong!

The function keys are in four groups of three instead of three groups of 4. WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!? NO buttons are where they're supposed to be.

To add insult to injury; the home/end; page up/down keys are in two columns instead of three, the there's only 5 buttons ... buh-bye insert key... I guess no one uses overtype anymore... oh, and the delete key is two rows tall.

I don't know if I can get used to it.

I wish I paid more attention before I shredded the box for the rebate codes... perhaps someone less discerning in the house/office would like a wireless keyboard and mouse... I'm off to get another Logitech, methinks...

Just had to vent.

oatmeal
Meat Popsicle

Seeking Beauty
1738 Posts
8/04
Posted - Oct 26 2004 : 8:52AM
It's amazing how companies screw around with standard keyboard layouts isn't it?

The placement of the Print Screen cluster, Insert cluster, arrows, Ctrl and Alt keys, shape of Enter, size of the backspace key, the '/? key' and the '\/' key.

I've been burned by this once before and will always crack open the box to see where everything is placed.

You have every right to be pissed.

Ramsey
Senior Member

Trina Michaels fan
10332 Posts
10/02
Posted - Oct 26 2004 : 10:59AM
I like the old style keyboards, meaning the @ is still SHIFT+2 insted of having it's own key.
earl
Member

36 Posts
6/04
Posted - Oct 26 2004 : 6:38PM
I have yet to see a seperate @ key -- that I think would be the final blow!
Em
Member

198 Posts
4/04
Posted - Oct 26 2004 : 7:38PM
I'd rather see capslock bombed away....

----> get Opera

 
Hardware All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

Your other left
14594 Posts
3/02
Posted - Oct 26 2004 : 10:55PM
I hope you're not typing anything you don't want others to know about because, you know, those wireless keyboards have zero security.
jamesn
Senior Member

Cambridge, MA
750 Posts
1/04
Posted - Oct 27 2004 : 2:03PM
not true for a while. that whole "wartyping" scare was from some lousy hp keyboard in 2002--logitech and microsoft stuff uses encryption and stays on channel these days. nobody even bothers doing it anymore when they can go legally download netstumbler and all of the wireless security measures are breakable without having to know much.
Hardware All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

Your other left
14594 Posts
3/02
Posted - Oct 27 2004 : 5:56PM
Well, that's good to hear but I'll avoid them just the same.
oatmeal
Meat Popsicle

Seeking Beauty
1738 Posts
8/04
Posted - Oct 27 2004 : 7:38PM
wouldn't the range on a wireless keyboard be fairly short?
earl
Member

36 Posts
6/04
Posted - Oct 28 2004 : 3:04AM
i'm not that worried.

there's such a thing as a healthy amount of paranoia... but I should be just as worried when I use a cel phone or a cordless, right? And I'm not the slighest bit worried about that...

timotei
Member

UK
271 Posts
4/02
Posted - Oct 28 2004 : 4:55AM
I've had my current PC five years now, and in all that time the keyboard has probably moved a maximum of about 1 inch in any direction! I can't see wireless keyboards being much more than a gimmick really.
snowman872
RainCoatReviews.com

400 Posts
6/00
Posted - Oct 31 2004 : 2:33AM

The range on wireless keyboard and mice is about 3-5 feet traditionally. Not sure if it has improved recently.

I was shocked when my Sharp laptop placed the DEL key at the top right corner instead of the lower right like my previous (and all my other previous) notebooks. Grrrrr.

I did get used to it however.

-- Snowman

CJNeverWinter
Member

93 Posts
10/04
Posted - Oct 31 2004 : 12:39PM
I know someone who has a Microshaft wireless keyboard and they cant stand it. I asked them why they got it, the reply was it was the cheapest at the time. I'll stick with my Logitech wireless keyboad and mouse thank you very much.

Peace be the Journey

Harri Patel
Senior Member

#SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele
5110 Posts
3/03
Posted - Oct 31 2004 : 11:01PM
I have a computer I use in conjunction with my "home entertainment center" (i.e., my 10+ year old stereo and a television that my dad bought at a garage sale). I use a cordless mouse and keyboard with it so that I can control it without getting up off the couch.



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