Re: OT: Old keyboard idea

From: Evenbit (nbaker2328_at_charter.net)
Date: 03/09/05 

Date: 9 Mar 2005 06:38:09 -0800

skearney@accessbee.com wrote:
[snip]
>
> 1) After you have loaded the program click start.

That must be why my proggies are never popular...I don't have a "start"
button for the user to click!

> 2) Click the "KeyTweak" icon and a graphic of a keyboard will
appear.

Also, a button with the proggie name...

> 3) Click the "Full Teach Mode" at the bottom of the screen.
> 4) A box will appear. Click "Begin Teach Mode".

I guess "Full Teach Mode" wasn't enough clicking?

> 5) Press the key you want to reassign, then the key you want it
> reassigned to, in this case D to E.
> 6) Click "Remap Key#1 to Key#2"

I guess "Full Teach Mode" and "Begin Teach Mode" wasn't enough
clicking?

> 7) The box will disappear and the scancodes of the keys will appear
in
> the "Pending Changes" window at the bottom right.
> 8) Follow the same procedure (from 3) for E to D, and the remaining
> six remaps.
> 9) Click "Apply" and you will be asked if you want to turn off the
> computer to apply the changes.

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting that computers cannot accomplish a darn
thing while they are on -- we must turn them off to get some work done.
 ;-)

> At the top there is also a clickable "Restore Defaults" to give
> you back your qwerty layout.

I don't want to restore any "faults" to my computer! I don't care if
you've added a fancy-sounding French "De" prefix to the word, I still
don't want those faults.

> I was able to remap in under three minutes and restore qwerty in
> thirty seconds, not including the restart.
>
> You can try out the sample lines of text below to discover that your
> fingers already know where etni should go.
>
> nineteen lean little saints settle in a nest
> jkjdfddj ldaj lkffld askjfs sdffld kj jdsf

Are they old enough to be doing that?

>
> an alien eats an ant antenna in atlanta
> aj alkdj dafs aj ajf ajfdjja kj aflajfa

Sorry, I don't speak alien.

>
> elite sense entails a siesta in a satin seat
> dlkfd sdjsd djfakls a skdsfa kj a safkj sdaf

in other words -- the King wants to rest.

>
> a stain is seen at a linen sale
> a sfakj ks sddj af a lkjdj sald

She spilled her "grape juice" when I made her chuckle. ;)

>
> a latent latin talent tast tests in seattle
> a lafdjf lafkj faldjf fasf fdsfs kj sdaffld

"tast" must be Latin for something they do latently in Seattle.

>
> insane santa sails in sea salt
> kjsajd sajfa sakls kj sda salf

Wait until my seven angry children get ahold of him! ;-)

Nathan.