Kinesis Advantage2 QD keyboard overview (Deus Qain)

Kinesis Advantage2 Keyboard provided by the Kinesis Corporation
https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/
https://twitter.com/kinesisergo

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You think the higher ups will be okay with that video being posted? I thought about making a thread but figured it would get taken down.

I'd love a keyboard like this, I seem to get a bit of strain typing, Dvorak helps with that a little from everyone i've heard, which I need to try, ergonomics help as well id imagine.

The interesting thing from this is the 2MB flash vdrive on there and the completely programmable keys. I can imagine a few pretty useful things i could use that vdrive for if i was taking that board around with me.

It is a bit on the expensive side for me right now though.

Also the clickyness, its nice :D

@Ethereal perfectly fine. (no need to worry about posting anything you wouldn't normally post)

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If you all ready have a mech some of them you can swap the brains to make them fully programmable and give a little on board memory to save layouts.

My Filco have a replacement controller called Pegasus Hoof and adds the above abilities. Gonna map it out with Dvorak and the other to see if I like them and I can switch back to qwerty on the fly when I need it.

Here is the website. http://bathroomepiphanies.com/controllers/

Some them are on 1Up Keyboards shop too.

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A built in touch pad would have been a nice edition, just feels like there is some wasted space.

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All i am getting a pixelated green mess ?

Works for me in both firefox and chrome, so dunno whats up with your computer. are you missing ffmpeg?

looks decent my mate has a keyboard thats similar but not quite this and it was different but after a bit i got used to it

I like that. I think id prefer a trackball it might be easier to use without moving your hands much.

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Trackball would be a cool feature for sure.

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I shouldn't ? I have sharky's unless windows has removed them. Let me look. sorted

I think you can buy a external one that you can put there on their website

Well shot/edited, interesting product. Glad to see there's a high production value here, and a style similar to Tek videos of yore.
Looking forward to more.

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Can somebody tell me what monitors is qain using? they look epic.

Hmm, he mentioned them in chat, I cant remember if he said what model they were. Two of them are 40". I'll post back if I find out.

I have finally watched the video. Very nice, well done all round. I would love to try something like this but the hobbiest in me wants to go really hands on and build a Dactyl.

Similar idea, a few less keys and support for regular caps so I can go all mad and custom on it. But that need for a 3d Printer and hand wiring too much of a task for me right now.

An easier DIY version would also be the ErgoDox.

i dont dvorak but i got the inside joke. does this mean i should try dvorak?

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Looks cool and all but why make that keyboard so tall and those other buttons like space, enter, control, windows and such so out of the way? I can't think about any application where writing is important and the space and enter key are useless. Also why make it so tall and without a proper wrist rest? I see that the wrists have their place to rest but than the rest of the arm just hangs off of the keyboard hitting the edge.

Heres info on the 40" monitors

The two 40" 4k monitors: Left: A409U; Right: A399U.

Thank you very much