My XKeys 128 broke

[Ghallo]

Alrighty, I've had my XKeys for a bit less than a year. My usage was minimal, as I hardly multibox much anymore. I had the USB Xkeys and while the power light still comes on ... that's all that happens.

Installed/attempted on multiple machines ... no joy, so it is not a driver issue. The system detects the board, says the board is connected ... but nothing happens when keys are pressed (even in the Macro Works app, it ignores keypresses).


So - anyone out there using an alternative? I loved the "grid" layout and the removable keycaps. What other devices out there offer similar capabilities?

[Drommon]

Try this for keyboard goodness ->

http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/ke...umns/index.htm

[Ghallo]

Actually - that looks really interesting.

I was wondering - anyone buy this:
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/
?

It has been out for a while now and I was wondering if anyone had broken down and purchased one.

[Ghallo]

So I found it here: http://www.totalbarcode.com/part-num....html?src=TBPG
for about $ 100 - that makes it 1/3 the price of the XKeys with more keys...

Anyone actually used one of these?

[Drommon]

Try this brief review from here ->

http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthrea...herry+keyboard

[Drommon]

Here is another thread on programmable keyboards form this site ->

http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthrea...erry+keyboards

[Drommon]

So I found it here: http://www.totalbarcode.com/part-num....html?src=TBPG
for about $ 100 - that makes it 1/3 the price of the XKeys with more keys...

Anyone actually used one of these?

I am seriously considering buying one myself. I keep putting it off because I am trying to get the most mileage I can with my craptastic keyboard and ISboxer. But if I want ease of independant character movement plus extra utility with using my toons I need more keys.

Either that or more fingers/hand. I can make sub keymaps... but still...

[rocnroll]

Tempting, very tempting... damn, I love and hate this site. I learn so much and spend so much (well, not a lot yet...yet...).

[Fursphere]

What I found about the xkeys and other "commercial" type keyboards is that they don't fit your hands like a normal keyboard. They are laid out symetrically, not ergonomically.

So you end up reteaching yourself all your hand / finger movements from scratch depending on how you set the thing up.

The commercial stuff like Cherry and Xkeys is ment for a sales clerk with 1 WPM hunt and peck abilities - not someone would can actually type and knows a standard keyboard.

That said, you can retrain yourself to do anything, but is it worth the hassle? I mean, for WoW, you can rebind *EVERYTHING* in game and make use of a full keyboard. The programmable keyboard will do what for you, besides give you opportunities to breach the EULA/TOS?

1 Keypress - 1 Action. Keep that in mind as you dream up uses for these things.

My X-Keys footpedals - right now the center mouse button is my "left click" ability - so I can hit AoE on my druid, then hit the click and drop the spell (no broadcasted mouse). Sure, I can program the footpedal to do AoE + Left Click (1 Keypress - 2 actions), but I don't, because I know its not permitted in game.

[Katharsis]

I'm still pleased with my Ergodex DX1. http://ergodex.com

Ergodex has not released a driver for Vista or W7 but users have filled the need with their own.

http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthrea...hlight=ergodex