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07-11-2010, 12:10 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | | $%^%ing Backspace key!
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Well, I'm typing, and all of a sudden my backspace key just comes off the keyboard.
I tried to fix it, but it appears that one of the tiny little pieces of plastic that snapped the hinge to the keyboard broke. 
I whipped out my calipers and measured the diameter of the other plastic piece that didn't break, and it was 0.0235".
***!? Plastic pieces that are subject to constant use and abuse should never be 0.0235" in diameter!
Right now, I'm trying to get use to pressing directly on the little rubber membrane switch that the key normally presses down against, until I can order a new key.
I'm so pissed off!
Anyone have any angry "keys breaking off the keyboard" stories to share? |
07-11-2010, 12:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida, US | | | It'ds npot like the bakcsapce key is really all taht improtnat.
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07-11-2010, 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by sloasdaylight It'ds npot like the bakcsapce key is really all taht improtnat. | I usually type with just two fingers, and I have this habit of typing the wrong letter because I will press down before my finger reaches the right key, so without even thinking about it, my muscle memory tells me I'm on the wrong key, and I hit backspace to correct it and then continue typing.
I will use the backspace key constantly without thinking about it, and it really slows me down right now to go over to the backspace key and have to fiddle around with the tiny membrane switch. |
07-11-2010, 12:23 AM
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07-11-2010, 12:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida, US | | | Touch typing is the way to go. I just typed this post right here with my eyes closed.
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07-11-2010, 01:01 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Touch typing is great, but even after 15 years typing on a QWERTY keyboard, I'll mistype something and hit backspace much like the OP just as naturally. I'll make and correct typo's without even seeing them because I'm usually not looking at my screen when I type.
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07-11-2010, 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by line6man Does anyone have any experience with Laptopkey.com? | I DO!!!!!!
Order from them! I recommend them. I had to order two keys for my MacBookPro - just don't throw away the envelope on accident then they mail you your stuff. 
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07-11-2010, 01:44 AM
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Originally Posted by sloasdaylight It'ds npot like the bakcsapce key is really all taht improtnat. | LOL. Now that is funny.
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07-11-2010, 01:52 AM
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Originally Posted by line6man ***!? Plastic pieces that are subject to constant use and abuse should never be 0.0235" in diameter! | You've obviously not taken a Behringer pedal apart recently then... (yeah, yeah, j/k) Quote:
Originally Posted by line6man Right now, I'm trying to get use to pressing directly on the little rubber membrane switch that the key normally presses down against, until I can order a new key.
I'm so pissed off!
Anyone have any angry "keys breaking off the keyboard" stories to share? | Desktop or laptop? Laptops are tricky to fix, even when you've got the replacement key. Good luck with it, though. Desktops - hunt down a late 80s IBM Model M keyboard on eBay and throw away the POS that came with the machine.
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07-11-2010, 02:27 AM
| | | | Yes, actually. My old keyboard had little aluminum supports for any key wider than one keyspace. If any of the keys that had these supports came off, you couldn't get them back on right, and they'd be lopsided and you'd have to press them at just the right spot to register a typed character. I just replaced that keyboard and I've come to find the new one is the same way. So now, I'll have to take out all the keys around a wide key if just to clean it if it needs it. I hope nothing falls on this board...
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07-11-2010, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by sloasdaylight It'ds npot like the bakcsapce key is really all taht improtnat. | Sigged!
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07-11-2010, 05:43 AM
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07-11-2010, 08:06 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | I was going to convert in millimeters, so I started typing in Chrome.
Guess what! 
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07-11-2010, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by L-A I was going to convert in millimeters, so I started typing in Chrome.
Guess what! | Works in Firefox It's not related to Chrome, but to google search in general.
You can also do currency conversion, and some very complex maths. It easily beats those simple calculators.
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07-11-2010, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Bocete some very complex maths | Examples?
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07-11-2010, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Bocete Works in Firefox It's not related to Chrome, but to google search in general.
You can also do currency conversion, and some very complex maths. It easily beats those simple calculators. | And for even more complex math, there is Wolfram Alpha ( http://www.wolframalpha.com/)! It is great, I use it on a daily basis to check calculations.
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07-11-2010, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by drteeth And for even more complex math, there is Wolfram Alpha ( http://www.wolframalpha.com/)! It is great, I use it on a daily basis to check calculations. | Hey, nice! Bookmarked. Thanks
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07-11-2010, 10:19 AM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | That Wolfram Alpha thing is really cool!
Ok, I just ordered a new Backpace key from Laptopkey.com
Now I'm just hoping their shipping is quick, because this is driving me nuts trying to type this way! |
07-11-2010, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by line6man That Wolfram Alpha thing is really cool!
Ok, I just ordered a new Backpace key from Laptopkey.com
Now I'm just hoping their shipping is quick, because this is driving me nuts trying to type this way! | How do I ... remap my keyboard with KeyTweak? http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/wi...windows/?p=861 |
07-11-2010, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by MIJ-VI | Awesome!
Is this key remapping software safe though?
I don't want to end up with some kind of keylogging spyware or something.
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