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Magicforce 49-Key Mechanical Keyboard

Mar 29, 2017

I don't get it, who is this keyboad catering to ? -A casual user would probably never consider buying a keyboard that's basically missing over half the keys< -A typist would undoubtedly despise any keyboard with a non-standard home row -A gamer would have little use of a keyboard that not only offers no programming functions but doesn't even have any numbers or function keys that could be programmed in-game -A programmer (such as myself) will not be very thrilled with the more difficult access to key programming characters such as [ { ( $ # ' " - etc...
Maybe if you want to carry around a keyboard in your pocket for use with your mobile phone or your tablet, but even then there are undoubtedly much better options out there.
I Mean obviously there is a demand for this since otherwise it wouldn't be here, but I just don't get it.

Mar 29, 2017

djensen47

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Mar 29, 2017

sixelannifThe Qisan/Magiforce keyboards actually have a really nice build quality. The case is plastic but that makes it light and portable. You could potentially tear out the PCB and do a custom project. I've been considering this for my Magicforce 68-key.

Mar 29, 2017

dreadpilotroberts

Mar 29, 2017

djensen47perhaps this would be of interest to you:
http://www.40percent.club/2016/11/mf68-revised-pcb.html

Mar 29, 2017

djensen47

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Mar 29, 2017

dreadpilotrobertsWow! I totally want this. Thanks for sending the link! Now I just need to figure out how to polish off the Magicforce logo.

Mar 29, 2017

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dreadpilotroberts

Mar 29, 2017

djensen47The logo is actually recessed into the surface. I've been thinking you could fill it with putty and then paint it. Seems like a lot of work to go through for a cheap keeb though. But I'm lazy ;)

Mar 29, 2017

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ChuckDee

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Mar 29, 2017

sixelannifI am a programmer, and I use my jd45 all the time instead of having to use the laptop keyboard at work. And I carry it back and forth. And I use my miniVan with my minimalist distraction free writing environment, so I only concentrate on my work. It really depends on what the individual user might want with it. In fact, @evangs has at least one post on MD about using the minivan for gaming, and some use cases in general.

Mar 29, 2017

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sixelannif

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Mar 29, 2017

ChuckDeeYes i'm not criticizng ultra compact layouts, and i actually wouldn't mind trying out a MiniVan or jd45 as I can see how they would be handy, but they retain standard home rows, and I suppose that's really the thing that bugs me with this keyboard, that home row where your pinky falls on the Enter key, wich would not only take some getting used to and be a real nuisance in the mean time, but can't even be remapped to something else since you kinda need an Enter key.
But of course those keyboards are quite a bit more expensive, and as @djensen47 pointed out this could verry well be worth it just for the parts. Anyway to each his own, I just find the layout choice particularily strange and ultimately impractical, wich is a shame because some things like retaining PgUp/PgDown arrows and having function keys readily accessible truly appeal to me

Mar 29, 2017

djensen47

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Mar 29, 2017

dreadpilotrobertsI thought about painting it but I like the finish on it. Maybe I just need a really nice sticker to cover it up.
Or a sticker as a Fn key reference. "Fn+L is End"

Mar 29, 2017

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Soul_Est

Apr 5, 2017

sixelannifI agree with the Enter key. The Enter key should have been split up to have the colon and semicolon beside L and the single and double quotation marks as a second layer of the Enter key.

Apr 5, 2017

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