Marv
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Joined just to voice my concern before the layout becomes again something that makes me NOT to want to buy it. As others have voiced similar concerns, I think it is of utmost importance that the layouts stay as close as possible to ISO/ANSI/DIN layouts.
The original keyboard mod changed the physical layout early on by strangely eliminating a full column on the right and instead making the left keys (Tab, Shift, Caps Lock) twice as wide for no good reason. That was a horrible design decision that played a big role for me not to back the IGG campaign. Back then I thought, if they make such an inexplicably bad decision, what other bad decisions might follow?
The current QWERTY layout shows the same mistakes, creating some proprietary layout by inserting a column of keys left to the letters and deleting them on the right.
That error needs to be fixed at least in the QWERTZ version(s). Primary characters MUST match those on regular keyboards. Being in Germany, I of course want those special characters directly accessible as well.
Also, I don’t see why anyone would want to type with one hand on this, so putting letters closer to the right thumb makes no sense, IMHO. I highly doubt there would be more than 5% of potential owners who would type with one thumb. It should be designed for best usage with both hands/thumbs instead of helping with finger acrobatics. Single-thumb-typing doesn’t make much sense on a horizontal slider.
Proprietary, non-standard layouts are often a point of criticism on other products. Having a full “regular” keyboard layout however can be a great selling point and will be a darling with reviewers as well.
As for other non-German-QWERTZ layouts ; I wouldn’t have a problem with additional colored letters on each key to (partially) match the other country layouts.
I actually would also like to have more special characters being printed in a different color on the keys, where it would be possible.
To put things in perspective , here is my keyboard phone history: Palm Treo 650, Pre, Veer, Pre 3 and of course the Motorola Droid 4. Never got a Blackberry Priv/KeyOne because I knew I would miss the additional keys from the Droid 4.
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Given how much innovation in smartphone cameras is happening right now, I wonder if we will see samples of the Pro 1 camera's photos before release?
I don't expect the Pro 1 cameras to be as capable as the ones from major manufacturers. but it would be great to have sample photos before deciding on anything.
The main specs like aperture and resolution don't matter as much as what the manufacturers makes out of this.
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I am also not a fan of the curved screen. The reflections these cause can be very annoying.
But I could live with it and I understadn teh decision because it makes for a sleeker look in marketing.
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Joined a moment ago to voice my concern before the layout becomes again something that makes me NOT to want to buy it. As others have voiced similar concerns, I think it is of utmost importance that the layouts stay as close as possible to ISO/ANSI/DIN layouts.
The original keyboard mod changed the physical layout early on by strangely eliminating a full column on the right and instead making the left keys (Tab, Shift, Caps Lock) twice as wide for no good reason. That was a horrible design decision that played a big role for me not to back the IGG campaign. Back then I thought, if they make such an inexplicably bad decision, what other bad decisions might follow?
The current QWERTY layout shows the same mistakes, creating some proprietary layout by inserting a column of keys left to the letters and deleting them on the right.
That error needs to be fixed at least in the QWERTZ version(s). Primary characters MUST match those on regular keyboards. Being in Germany, I of course want those special characters directly accessible as well.
Also, I don’t see why anyone would want to type with one hand on this, so putting letters closer to the right thumb makes no sense, IMHO. I highly doubt there would be more than 5% of potential owners who would type with one thumb. It should be designed for best usage with both hands/thumbs instead of helping with finger acrobatics. Single-thumb-typing doesn’t make much sense on a horizontal slider.
Proprietary, non-standard layouts are often a point of criticism on other products. Having a full “regular” keyboard layout however can be a great selling point and will be a darling with reviewers as well.
As for other non-German-QWERTZ layouts ; I wouldn’t have a problem with additional colored letters on each key to (partially) match ther country layouts.
I actually would also like to have more special characters being printed in a different color on the keys, where it would be possible.
To put things in perspective , here is my keyboard phone history: Palm Treo 650, Pre, Veer, Pre 3 and of course the Motorola Droid 4. Never got a Blackberry Priv/KeyOne because I knew I would miss the additional keys from the Droid 4.
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Joined a moment ago to voice my concern before the layout becomes again something that makes me NOT to want to buy it. As others have voiced similar concerns, I think it is of utmost importance that the layouts stay as close as possible to ISO/ANSI/DIN layouts.
The original keyboard mod changed the physical layout early on by strangely eliminating a full column on the right and instead making the left keys (Tab, Shift, Caps Lock) twice as wide for no good reason. That was a horrible design decision that played a big role for me not to back the IGG campaign. Back then I thought, if they make such an inexplicably bad decision, what other bad decisions might follow?
The current QWERTY layout shows the same mistakes, creating some proprietary layout by inserting a column of keys left to the letters and deleting them on the right.
That error needs to be fixed at least in the QWERTZ version(s). Primary characters MUST match those on regular keyboards. Being in Germany, I of course want those special characters directly accessible as well.
Also, I don’t see why anyone would want to type with one hand on this, so putting letters closer to the right thumb makes no sense, IMHO. I highly doubt there would be more than 5% of potential owners who would type with one thumb. It should be designed for best usage with both hands/thumbs instead of helping with finger acrobatics. Single-thumb-typing doesn’t make much sense on a horizontal slider.
Proprietary, non-standard layouts are often a point of criticism on other products. Having a full “regular” keyboard layout however can be a great selling point and might be a darling with reviewers as well.
As for other non-German-QWERTZ layouts ; I wouldn’t have a problem with additional colored letters on each key to (partially) match their country layouts.
I actually would also like to have more special characters being printed in a different color on the keys, where it would be possible.
To put things in perspective, here is my keyboard phone history: Palm Treo 650, Pre, Veer, Pre 3 and of course the Motorola Droid 4. Never got a Blackberry Priv/KeyOne because I knew I would miss the additional keys from the D4.
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in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions
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+1 for selling it at least optionally without a power adaptor, mainly due to to environmental reasons. I would be ok with paying the same price still, just leave it out.