<div dir="ltr"><div>The iFixit nerds seem to like it:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.reviewgeek.com/93174/ifixit-calls-frameworks-new-laptop-almost-perfect/">https://www.reviewgeek.com/93174/ifixit-calls-frameworks-new-laptop-almost-perfect/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 27 Jul 2021 at 10:26, Steve Izma <<a href="mailto:sizma@golden.net">sizma@golden.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 01:22:12AM -0400, Ron Singh wrote:<br>
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Awesome laptop concept<br>
> <br>
> I have pestered these people at least 3 times to find a way to embrace a<br>
> TRACKPOINT-equipped keyboard. No dice, no response.<br>
> My soul dies every day knowing that this is my heir-apparent to<br>
> the classic Thinkpads, but always out of reach, 'cause no<br>
> trackpoint.<br>
> Weep with me.<br>
<br>
Hi Ron,<br>
<br>
I will, indeed. The Framework laptop looks very good in all other<br>
respects, so I'll be keeping an eye on it.<br>
<br>
I've been using the Ultimate Hacking Keyboard for the last year<br>
or so -- it's a split keyboard meant for typing everything<br>
without your fingers leaving the home row (so it has no<br>
out-of-reach function-key row). When I ordered it two years ago I<br>
included the trackpoint option, but that took a long time to<br>
develop and I only received it last week. Scroll down on their<br>
home page: <<a href="https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/</a>>. Obviously it's<br>
a module that will only work on a split keyboard. For this kind<br>
of thing to work for a laptop, I think it would need to be a<br>
tablet-like design with a detachable, split keyboard.<br>
<br>
The UHT keyboard, and all other split keyboards I've seen, are<br>
too bulky and heavy to be conveniently portable, unfortunately.<br>
In all other respects, the UHT is so well built that it will<br>
probably last seven generations.<br>
<br>
-- Steve<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Steve Izma<br>
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<br>
==<br>
The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best – and<br>
therefore never scrutinize or question.<br>
-- Stephen Jay Gould, *Full House: The Spread of Excellence<br>
from Plato to Darwin*, 1996<br>
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