Comments on: The trackball module is fully functional

By: Anibal

Anibal — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 01:39:58 +0000

In reply to László Monda. Only a few hours left of Feb 18th! I'm excited for the update!

By: Harald

Harald — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 22:30:42 +0000

In reply to László Monda. Ah! Setting high expectations, eh!? Can't wait til tomorrow!!

By: László Monda

László Monda — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 19:01:39 +0000

In reply to Brian Hsu. I'll publish it tomorrow, and it'll be awesome.

By: Brian Hsu

Brian Hsu — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 23:23:08 +0000

Hi, when will we have monthly updated for Feb?
It seems a little bit late, hope we can have an update soon.

By: László Monda

László Monda — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 21:32:53 +0000

In reply to Michael. The UHK firmware and Agent are actually very different from QMK. I specifically designed them to be extremely intuitive and easy to configure without the need of a full-blown compiler upon reconfiguration.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 21:24:39 +0000

In reply to László Monda. I have a question about Agent. I notice that it works similar to QMK. Is there a reason you opted to create your own firmware rather than use QMK, and then create an app specific to the UHK's QMK?

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 21:22:22 +0000

In reply to Maybe Future customer. If you think the Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate is one of the best on the market, you have only just now started down the rabbit hole of mechanical keyboards. :)

By: László Monda

László Monda — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 20:31:52 +0000

In reply to Maybe Future customer. Not considering all the bells and whistles, I'd say build quality is a very important trait of a keyboard. Das Keyboard is a strong brand, but I don't consider them to be great. I disassembled an earlier model of theirs, and the internal plastic hooks of the case easily broke off, even though I was very careful. I personally wouldn't recommend a piece of hardware that cannot be taken apart (for fixing it when needed) without breaking it even the slightest manner. We're unusually good in this department given the solid mechanical design of the UHK, and unlike Das, we provide repair manuals, spare parts, and our design is open. Another trait that comes to my mind is the lack of engineering failures that break products on the long term, and the attitude of the company regarding such failures.

By: László Monda

László Monda — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 20:13:58 +0000

In reply to Maybe Future customer. I decided to postpone the upcoming post a bit as I've been working on the trackpoint module firmware. Now that I'm ready and able to show it off, I plan to publish the post tomorrow. We'll announce a tentative ETA as soon as all the modules are prototyped which is probably a month later.

By: Maybe Future customer

Maybe Future customer — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:27:38 +0000

I have a technical question. What makes a good keyboard?

I am using a Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate currently with cherry mx blue switches. It is considered one of the best keyboards in the market but what makes it better than any other keyboard with cherry mx blue switches? Isn't the switches the only factor that counts?

In other words my question is in standard keyboards, what's the different between two keyboards if they both use the same switches?

I understand UHK is out of ordinary, and more like revolutionary keyboard. Lets leave the split design out for this question.