From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail01.tacticuscommunications.net (mail01.tacticuscommunications.net [74.2.138.133]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D276610A4A for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:38:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail01.tacticuscommunications.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F5A4108DA for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:24:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail01.tacticuscommunications.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail01.tacticuscommunications.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8CcfDy1cqdQ8 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:24:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.0.10.20] (unknown [10.0.10.20]) by mail01.tacticuscommunications.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 40515108AE for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:24:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:38:23 -0400 (EDT) From: luke To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Keyboards - oh, the clickyness (was:Re: Anyone know what is happening in Debian Lenny?) In-Reply-To: <3143505.20080617212157@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <20080617210445.GA5567@clearwire.net> <20080617210920.GA26168@localhost.localdomain> <20080617215244.GB7070@clearwire.net> <3143505.20080617212157@gmail.com> Organization: Tacticus Communications, Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:38:21 -0000 Speaking of keyboards, here are three amusing and good articles from Dan's Data, about a sighted guy and his pursuit of maximum clickyness. Be warned: if you don't regularly read Dan's Data (or even if you do), you may find hours have gone by once you come up for air. http://www.dansdata.com/ibmkeyboard.htm http://www.dansdata.com/clickykeyboards.htm http://www.dansdata.com/clicky2.htm Luke On Tue, 17 Jun 2008, Farhan wrote: > hello, out of curiosity have you checked out the apple keyboards? I just got one and I love the key action on it, its the best $50 you'll ever spend. > On 6/17/2008 at 21:21 Gaijin said > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 02:09:20PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > consoles is controlled in /etc/inittab, I would start by looking there > > That was the first thing I checked when I got a text console > working. It was my stewpid keyboard at fault, with it's function key > toggle. Not entirely sure what it does, beyond turning the keys on and > off, but that was the culprit preventing me from using the function > keys.. Sure wish they still made the Omnikey line of keyboards. I > really loved that puppy... > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- "Fiat money and sustainable society are not compatible." - Peter Cajander