Waldo Lemmer wrote:
On Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 11:12 Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> wrote:
> Then I end up with several of the same characters in a row. 

The typing style for low profile keyboards is different to your old keyboard. 
You are not meant to rest your hands/fingers on the keyboard and then jump on
the keys as if it were a mechanical typewriter.  Instead your fingers are
meant to float over it.

However, what you're describing is key switch chatter.  Mechanical keyboard
switches can suffer from this problem.  You depress a key once and once only,
but it registers multiple inputs.  It can be *very* annoying!  There are some
fixes for mechanical gaming keyboards, but if you have a new keyboard you'd be
better off asking to RMA it.

I believe this is just Dale holding the keys for longer than the key repeat delay, causing them to repeat. I doubt this is a hardware problem.

The old keyboard requires a little more push to make it type the letter.  Plus, it has a little click to it so you get feedback.  This thing, makes almost no noise at all.  It's hard to tell if a key is pressed or not, whether you are trying or not too.  I failed typing ages ago.  My Mom also wanted me to play the piano.  That didn't work well either.  Heck, sometimes what is in my brain just doesn't make it to the keyboard.  When I proof something, I'm not just looking for typos.  I'm looking for, does what I type make sense??  I try to keep in mind that while I know what I'm talking about; seeing, hearing or whatever, the other person on the receiving end of a email doesn't have that knowledge except what I type in.  It's why I mention something then describe it unless I know the person on the other end knows what I'm talking about.  It's why I hate when they change what something is called when it really hasn't changed.  Pick a name, stick with it.  We get confused enough without changing the names of things.  It's also the reason my emails can get lengthy. 

Part of the problem, I can't feel a keyboard when I'm searching online.  I wish there was a showroom somewhere close that I could go type on lots of different keyboards.  Heck, just a few clicks would be enough.  Right now, I have a Dell KB212-B keyboard.  I've used it during the NAS box install and such before.  It was annoying then.  Having it on my main rig where I do a lot of typing, I want to use it for target practice to put it out of *MY* misery.  The old keyboard is a Dell QuietKey RT7D5JTW.  I don't see a date anywhere on the thing.  It is likely one of the first keyboards I had and could be more than 20 years old, 30 years wouldn't surprise me either.  I do take compressed air and blow out my keyboards on occasion.  I don't allow drinks of any kind around my puter either.  I don't think I've ever had a keyboard to actually stop working before. 

One of the keyboards I liked most besides the old Dell QuietKey, the ones that came with old Wyse 50 and 60 terminals.  Those things had mechanical key switches.  When customers would spill coke or something in them and bring them to us for repair, I'd soak them in alcohol to clean them and then lay it upside down on top of the air conditioner condenser where there is lots of air flow and heat to dry the alcohol.  Once dry, it works fine again.  Those were some awesome keyboards.  Great feel and a nice click to let you know you hit a key.  Those were the days.  LOL

So, it's me, not the keyboard.  Well, the keyboards works fine, it's just me not liking the way it feels and sounds.  Until I bought these new Dell keyboards, I didn't realize they were so different.  I might add, I've never seen a laptop that I liked the keyboard on.  It's one reason I won't buy one.  If the keyboard isn't bad enough, the little thing that replaces the mouse really turns me off.  

Now if I could just find one with keys like my old Dell that didn't cost a arm or leg. 

Dale

:-)  :-)