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    Colemak Dell Mini 10v :D

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    27-Jan-2010 04:33:46#1 Colemak Dell Mini 10v :D

    I'm just starting my Colemak adventure, but I thought I would say, "hello" and show off my "Colemak'd" Dell mini.

    You will probably notice that some keys are *ahem* upside-down...on the Dell mini some keys' clips are....well oriented upside-down.

    I MAY correct this with decals when I use decals to give my mini Mac style command keys, but I kind of think that it makes me look like a mad scientist when people see it. :D

    dell3.jpg

    Sometime soon I will swap the keys on my slim mac wireless keyboard and those should all be right-side up!


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    27-Jan-2010 05:27:20#2 Re: Colemak Dell Mini 10v :D

    Interesting effect.

    I've got a swapped Apple Wired Keyboard, and can assure you that all the keys go on the right way up:
    colemak-swap6.jpg
    I did a write-up here a while back: https://forum.colemak.com/viewtopic.php?id=234

    Additionally, right-thinking Mac users have the Dock on the side. Me, I like the left.

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    27-Jan-2010 07:37:15#3 Re: Colemak Dell Mini 10v :D

    Uh?  My Dell Mini 10 could be properly Colemak'ized...

    Edit: sorry, mine is a Mini 12.

    mini12_colemak2.jpg

    See this thread btw for more key swapping examples.

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    27-Jan-2010 10:07:52#4 Re: Colemak Dell Mini 10v :D

    Is that a variant of my keyboard image there on your screen?  :)

    I really like the upside-down keys! Those are keepers if you ask me. On this Model M board I used a number '5' key with a nub for the 'N' but that's nowhere near as cool as yours and just looks alone and misplaced. The poor thing; but nubless typing is worse for me (the left hand is okay because of the 'F' and closeness to the edge).

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    27-Jan-2010 10:30:50#5 Re: Colemak Dell Mini 10v :D

    I have something similar with my HP keyboard at work, but the F/J keys are rotated 90°, instead of 180°.  That makes it really awkward to put them in Colemak position, because their surface will be slanted (due to their asymmetrical shape).

    I really wonder why so many manufacturers make their F/J (or sometimes G/H) keys different from the rest...

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    27-Jan-2010 14:11:45#6 Re: Colemak Dell Mini 10v :D
    Korivak said:

    Additionally, right-thinking Mac users have the Dock on the side. Me, I like the left.

    I've always had it in the center, is it cause I'm ambi? o.0

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    27-Jan-2010 14:13:54#7 Re: Colemak Dell Mini 10v :D
    ghen said:

    Uh?  My Dell Mini 10 could be properly Colemak'ized...

    Edit: sorry, mine is a Mini 12.

    http://users.telenet.be/ghen/colemak/mi … lemak2.jpg

    See this thread btw for more key swapping examples.

    Hehe, yeah mine is a 10v as well which might be different than the 10 and the 12.

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    27-Jan-2010 14:18:25#8 Re: Colemak Dell Mini 10v :D
    DreymaR said:

    Is that a variant of my keyboard image there on your screen?  :)

    I really like the upside-down keys! Those are keepers if you ask me.

    Hehe. Well I'm certainly going to leave it like this for a while and enjoy people thinking I'm rain man!

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    27-Jan-2010 15:18:52#9 Re: Colemak Dell Mini 10v :D
    Unreasonable Man said:

    You will probably notice that some keys are *ahem* upside-down...on the Dell mini some keys' clips are....well oriented upside-down.

    I MAY correct this with decals when I use decals to give my mini Mac style command keys, but I kind of think that it makes me look like a mad scientist when people see it. :D

    http://nicmelody.com/tech/dell3.jpg

    I thought the F and J were inverted so the nubs on them don't give false feedback!

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    27-Jan-2010 15:35:18#10 Re: Colemak Dell Mini 10v :D

    I thought the F and J were inverted so the nubs on them don't give false feedback!

    Ha! No, although that's a nice side-effect...

    I got a skin for the keyboard, however, that has nubs so I have them in the proper place when I use my mini.

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