[Ti] Blank Black Keyboard

[Tarik Bilgin]

On Apr 16, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Simon Royal wrote:

> Hi
>
> Well it took about 4 hours, some very fine sanding paper and the  
> skin off my fingertips, but I finally removed all the lettering from  
> my TiBook keyboard.
>
> It actually looks very nice. I am typing this email on it now and to  
> be honest - even I was surprised how little you need the letters. I  
> am typing as I did before. Your fingers just seem to know where the  
> keys are.
>

Good job Simon, I like it !

Actually my "home made docking station" keyboard is a Razor Lycosa, on  
which the key letters are only visible when they are backlit, and I  
often use the keyboard with the backlight off. I think I can relate to  
your motivation !

I think of it as a geeky expression of how tight the human computer  
interface can be when you've been been using the same tool for years  
and years.

A product i would find useful: a backlit keyboard with letters visible  
only when backlit, but which can show different letters depending on  
the keyboard layout selected in the OS. I often type in Turkish, but  
I'm far from a touch typist on a Turkish keyboard, yet I still find it  
useful to be able to type on a "F"  (Turkish) keyboard as opposed to  
on some modified QWERTY configuration.

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Tarik