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Futuristic keyboard snaps on modules for video editing, 3D modeling, and productivity (newatlas.com)
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This might just be the most overengineered desktop gear I've ever come across. The Naya Connect system features four devices built around a modular keyboard to upgrade your setup with all kinds of shortcuts and tactile inputs.

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[–] 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Everything you can do with a good keyboard of your choice (better than this - say a Wooting), the best trackball ever made since 1995 (the Kensington Expert Mouse) and the best 3D navigation knob (the 3DConnexion SpaceMouse) but less good, and less convenient because you can't have them all at the same time and you can't position them where you like.

Great...

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    the best trackball ever made since 1995 (the Kensington Expert Mouse)

    That's quite a lofty claim. What makes that device better than trackballs from Ploopy, efog.tech, or even Kensington's flagship (SlimBlade Pro)?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago*

    That's not my opinions (or rather, many people share my opinions):

    • Kailh Choc v2 switches aren't bad (in fact, I'm typing this on a laptop with those switches and I like them), but there are better switches out there. Plus, those flat keycaps look really awful to type on. But, point taken, to each his own I guess.
    • The Kensington Expert Mouse is widely regarded as the best trackball in the world. That's why it's been in continuous production almost unchanged for three decades.
    • The 3DConnexion SpaceMouse (and derivatives) is the CAD industry standard.
    • Being able to use those things all at the same time is better than swapping between a trackball and a 3D mouse. This is plain obvious. And being able to position them however you like on your desk is also plainly better - if only for left-handed people.

    Those are just hard facts, not lofty claims.

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