Ok, this started out as a post to blog about my unhappiness with some computer keys, especially those at the library computers.. but I guess it universally applies to both Mac and PC computers in general. Why do they have keys that look like Stonehenge sticking out like paranoid androids from an otherwise sleek little surface? I admit I'm used to laptops, which have those nifty little low buttons that click just right when you press on them, but I feel anyone would agree that those 3 foot high keys are a hassle to push on. Its like getting a freaking finger workout. Not to mention they look like they belong to an IBM circa the 1800s when supercomputers that acted as calculators and made stew on their hot giant round interfaces were all the rage. Ok, you couldn't have made stew on those interfaces cause their screens were convex and stretching out toward the horizon taking your nose with them, but you know what I mean. So the point is, I really those hate those keyboards. They make typing a very frustrating endeavor. But I guess this stems from a certain bias from not knowing how to type. Yep. Im that person you see in the library pressing button after button with her two tiny little index fingers with her face pushed close to the screen like a moron. I tried to download Mario Teaches Typing but I couldn't find a compatible program with OSX.. and now I just avoid the library. Forever.
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Some people hate laptops for the sole reason that their keys have a smaller profile. Although I don't seem to be as bugged with desktops keyboards are you do, what does get me is the Dell keyboard sound. It sounds like I am chopping down a small tree every time I type. One other reason why Macs have it going on: typing on a mac laptop (or the new desktop keyboard) is like listening to a brook flow through a forest. Maybe that was an exaggeration, but sound is important part of the typing experience.
ReplyDeleteI love the dell keyboard sound when I want to feel productive and accomplished. Every time I press a button it's like I've just done something massive.
ReplyDeleteBut in class it is embarrassing. And I just wish I had a mac so I could take notes (cough. gchat people) quietly.
The problem with keyboard sizes is that they're all not uniform! When I was in highschool and only used a desktop I was fine with the keyboard. Then I got a laptop and couldn't handle all the wee keys.
Now I've grown to love the little laptop and am incapable of using a regular desktop keyboard. Sad.
the new apple keyboards for desktops are low-profile... typing on one right now! very sleek. still kinda loud though. wouldn't a silent keyboard be sort of non-gratifying?
ReplyDeleteMaybe you'd like something like this: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/boston/sales-events-calendar/local-keyboard-modification-workshopwilloughby-baltic-boston-085471 ?
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