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Previewing the Framework Wireless Touchpad Keyboard

Introducing the Framework Wireless Touchpad Keyboard, a compact keyboard with integrated touchpad.

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in reply to along_the_road

bonenode

in reply to along_the_road • 1 week ago • •

Woah finally a wireless keyboard with a big touchpad like the Microsoft one I am currently using. I had it for a long time, bought pre-pandemic but once it kicks the bucket I didn't want to buy anything Microsoft anymore. But all other keyboards like this had miniscule touchpads (e.g. Logitech...).

This however looks very promising!

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gesshoku

in reply to bonenode • 1 week ago • •

I was also searching for a combo where the touchpad was actually good enough. Still wonder why all the decent ones were discontinued.

Anyway, here is one that's a bit pricey, but does the job very well. You get so used to it; I don't even use it that often and recently tried to swipe across my main large mechanical keyboard keys 😄

clevetura.com/

Clevetura

^Clevetura

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M137

in reply to gesshoku • 1 week ago • •

Hard to beat apples magic trackpad, works very well on Windows and Linux too with some nice apps for added features. It's discontinued though but easy to find second hand.

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fuckwit_mcbumcrumble

in reply to along_the_road • 1 week ago • •

If they can make it so if you press F1 it actually does F1 without any BS software then I'm sold. I love my Logitech K400 but if I press F2 and not FN + F2 and miss getting into the bios one more time I'm going to commit a crime.

Bluetooth + dongle + wired? Hell yes. This is perfect for tinkering with computers, and actually using it.

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StellarExtract

in reply to fuckwit_mcbumcrumble • 1 week ago • •

I've got a K400 too which I bought like 13 years ago and have gotten a ton of use out of. It's still going strong, even after my wife spilled tomato soup on it, but my real issue with it is that damn hard-coded Cortana shortcut that launches when you swipe the trackpad from the edge. Sure wish I could disable that.

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Rai

in reply to StellarExtract • 1 week ago • •

I’ve never experienced that! I have a bunch of K400s I’ve built up over the years for all the different computers we have around the house. No Cortana ever happens, but all of all of our machines are Windows 10, Linux, or Mac, so it might be a windows 11 thing?

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StellarExtract

in reply to Rai • 6 days ago • •

It's Windows 10 where I've seen that actually. Also can cause weirdness on Linux because it is emulating key presses to make the shortcut happen. Maybe it's because mine is actually a K400r.

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Rai

in reply to StellarExtract • 6 days ago • •

Oh that’s gotta be it, I have the regular k400 for all of mine. Have you tried fn+right click? Fn+left click turns on/off tap to click on all k400s, apparently you can disable gestures on the k400r with fn+right?

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StellarExtract

in reply to Rai • 6 days ago • •

No way, I'll have to try that. Guess I shouldn't have thrown out the manual 13 years ago!

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Rai

in reply to StellarExtract • 6 days ago • •

I discovered the tap-to-click toggle accidentally, it was driving my partner and myself insane that seemingly randomly, the keyboard would decide to turn it on and off. And it’s keyboard-specific instead of computer-specific, so it doesn’t need to be adjusted on each machine if you use the same keyboard on multiple machines!

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Albbi

in reply to fuckwit_mcbumcrumble • 1 week ago • •

There's often a Function Lock key that makes it so you don't need to press function to access the F keys. On my keyboard it is FN + ESC.

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fuckwit_mcbumcrumble

in reply to Albbi • 1 week ago • •

Yeah, this keyboard has it too. But not all devices remember. And that's the problem. Sometimes it's software on the PC that controls it, other times it lives in the keyboaed. But some devices are stupid and will forget when you disconnect/change devices.

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b000rg

in reply to Albbi • 1 week ago • •

There's also often a BIOS setting that changes the default behavior of keys that have alternate functions with the FN key.

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jello

in reply to fuckwit_mcbumcrumble • 1 week ago • •

I love this because I have the opposite problem. I hardly ever use the Fn keys and my old laptop had them as the "default" and I had to press an extra key to change the volume or brightness which annoyed the heck out of me

I feel for the devs/engineers who try to appease everyone

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tomenzgg

in reply to jello • 1 week ago • •

I mean, the solution is pretty simple, here: remove both function and media, etc. keys. That way, no extra keys to press (in fact, no keys, at all).

This design stuff's a cakewalk~

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ProfessorHoover

in reply to tomenzgg • 6 days ago • •

That's how you get promoted at Apple.

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Blisterexe

in reply to ProfessorHoover • 6 days ago • •

They literally did this too lmao

Out of touch — how the MacBook Pro Touch Bar came and went

It was such a bold change to a keyboard that Apple championed the Touch Bar — for a while. Then it quickly started to fade away before vanishing completely. Here's what happened, and why.

^{William Gallagher (AppleInsider)}

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LiveLM

in reply to jello • 6 days ago • •

To be fair it should be an easy fix, make the "Fn Lock" function a hardware switch, everyone gets to choose their preference without installing any bloatware

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TehPers

in reply to LiveLM • 6 days ago • •

I've had laptops where this is a BIOS setting. A simple switch on the side of the keyboard to flip which keys are on the fn layer solves the problem too. Same with key remapping, for keyboards that support that (and really any nice keyboard should or it's not worth the cost).

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NekuSoul

in reply to along_the_road • 1 week ago • •

It's kinda weird that this is mofe or less just a fancy, but regular keyboard/touchpad combo. Would've been neat if they reused those modular ketboard modules from their laptops.

Speaking of those, I'm still waiting to see those ortho keyboard modules. I like their laptops in theory, but I can't switch back to a regular keyboard anymore.