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How I Built a Silent Mechanical Keyboard
Summary Ditch your loud mechanical keyboard for a silent one to eliminate distraction. Silent mechanical keyboard switches provide a noiseless but solid typing experience. Get a gasket-mounted keyboard and consider modding it to build the quietest keyboard possible. Does your mechanical keyboard get a lot of flak for being too loud? I’ve been there, too. While the marbly click-clack is…
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This Gaming Keyboard From CES Was Made for Me
Summary Keychron Lemokey P1 HE is a mash-up of successful predecessors, offering smooth magnetic switches, a roomy layout, and improved shine-through keycaps. Magnetic switches and Hall effect sensors in the Lemokey P1 HE offer advantages when gaming and improved durability over mechanical switches. The Lemokey P1 HE also introduces changes like north-facing RGB, unique keycap color schemes, and an upgrade…
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Direction9 made a T9-based keyboard for better typing on TVs
Typing on a TV sucks. Those long and / or scrambled on-screen keyboards are both a nuisance to use, and a real problem for anyone wanting to make stuff for your TV. At CES 2025, I was just introduced to a better way. It’s made by a company called Direction9, which has been working on the system for about a…
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This Free App Will Turn You Into a Mac Keyboard Maestro
Summary Shortcat is a powerful app that lets you control almost every element of your Mac’s UI with the keyboard. It works by overlaying keyboard shortcut labels onto interface elements, providing quick access to controls within apps. Shortcat has a learning curve, may not consider existing keyboard shortcuts, and lacks extensive support for dragging. But it’s valuable for reducing mouse…
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This solid aluminum keyboard costs as much as a MacBook Pro
If statement keyboards are your thing and you have some serious cash to burn, you should check out this brutalist flagship offering from Serene Industries. The Icebreaker is a wedge-shaped mechanical keyboard constructed from a single block of CNC-machined aluminum, featuring hot-swappable aluminum keycaps with configurable RGB backlighting. Preorders are available now, with pricing starting at $1,500 for the wired…
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That new Copilot key on your keyboard? It’s useless for business – Computerworld
Microsoft’s genAI-based Copilot app for Windows doesn’t work with Microsoft’s identity and access management platform Entra, prompting the company to advise organizations to uninstall the app and reconfigure the Copilot keyboard key to open the Microsoft 365 app instead. “The Copilot key was originally intended to launch Copilot on Windows,” Microsoft’s Reanne Wong said in a blog post. “This has changed,…
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Console Developers Should Offer Keyboard and Mouse Support for Every Game
Summary Many console games now support keyboard and mouse Most games have existing PC versions with KBM support Controller support in PC games shows KBM support is feasible in console games. Modern consoles all have USB ports, and they all technically support keyboards and mice, but just because the hardware is capable, doesn’t mean the software is. Yet, today there…
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I compile a list with all the Recall keyboard shortcuts on Windows 11
Recall keyboard shortcuts include “Win + J” to open the Recall app, “Home” and “End” to control the timeline and more. While using Click to Do, you can use “Space” to open the context menu, “Ctrl + A” to select the text, and “Enter,” “Tab,” and “Esc” to navigate a snapshot. On Windows 11, if you have a Copilot+ PC, you…
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A Flawed but Performant Gaming Keyboard
Key Takeaways The Razer BlackWidow V4 Pro 75% keyboard offers a great typing feel but has a rough key texture causing discomfort. The OLED screen displays useful info, but could be distracting and battery-consuming. Features like 4,000 Hz polling rates and the OLED screen contribute to poor battery life and an inflated price tag. Razer’s BlackWidow keyboards have been a…
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The Keychron Q14 Max is the best ergonomic keyboard I’ve used so far — and my wrists have never been this pain-free
Do you type for a living? I do, and on average, I bash out around 1,500 words a day, five days a week. It’s funny — you don’t actually realize the importance of good ergonomic gear until you start experiencing discomfort in your wrists. As I approach my 30s, it feels more important than ever to look after myself. As…
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