This is the DAS keyboard



It's a qwerty keyboard with a difference, there are no letters on the keys.

Admittedly it assists in teaching you how to type properely. No letters to look at means you dont look at the keyboard anymore.

It does take a bit of getting used to and when trying to work your around the keyboard and hitting the wring h backspace j backspace l backspace keys trying to familairaise yourself does tend to put your fingers in a knot.

So far I am enjoying this keyboard

It has gold plated switches to last long and also produces a lovely clicking sound like the auto typewriters of old.

I know FX has been using a das for a long time now and swears by it.

Only thing is that typing in passwords can be tricky so I type mine into notepad then copy and paste in case I get something wrong, not very secure but until I get the hang of it, thast the way its going to be.

http://www.daskeyboard.com/ but they dont distribute to SA so you would have to get one from thinkgeek but thinkgeek charges for delivery to SA.


P.S. DO NOT GET THE DAZ KEYBOARD!! Its locally made and a cheap knockoff. Get the real thing!

Nice!!!

I could really do with one of those find myself looking at my keys waaaaaay too much

Typed this without looking LOL backspace backspace backspace

If I win the post-a-thon, this is what I am going to by. I already don't look at the keyboard, so a keyboard with no keys on it will be fine. It will just look better than a keyboard that is "missing" some keys, that have worn off...

Do you know if they make them in natural shapes as well??

no, just this model

I'll pass. While typing in the usual words wont be much of a problem, the other characters (<>?/.,}{][":';!@#$%&&*()_+=-) would frustrate me too much.

oh well. I could learn to use a standard keyboard again.

i don't really see the point of it because if you know how to type, you don't look at the keyboard anyways
it looks nice, but i wouldn't say it serves much of a funtion

the daz keyboard is my version

take any keyboard you like, pop out the keys, add some black spray paint to the mix and before you know it, you have the Daz keyboard.

kthnx

I have been using DAS keyboards for about 2 years now, and before that had been able to type without needing to look for some time, but even now its still a bitch for some games.

If you suddenly have to press like, "[" or "j" but not "h" and you're focusing on headshots I often make mistakes. As far as when you're actually typing sentences its obviously not a problem. If you've been taught to touchtype - e.g. made to study a keyboard - then you probably wont have the gaming problem. On the otherhand if you only type fast because of a mispent childhood made up of irc and muds then you probably will lol

I just like the look of nothing. The "clean" look is quite nice.



and you get on a high at the same time.

I actually did that when I was like 12 after watching hackers made a camo one

^^ hahaha that's classic u r da Ub3r G33k

I'm falling into a shame spiral

I laaik my keys... letters > no letters!!

I might just popo my keys out and spraypaint them!
I hate looking at the keys!
I can however type pretty well without looking anyway, Its just when I want to type super speed that I look at the keys..
Super speed obviously being about 10 words per minute in my case

LOL - Why not get some insulation tape and stick it over the keys. That way when you want to type at super speed, you can just take the tape off and cover it back up afterwards.

noooiice idea

What he said!!

As fx said, the major put off apart from typing passwords, is gaming!!!

IRC Taught me to type with out looking at the keys, In fact, I typed this whole post with my eyes closed.

IRC tot me how 2 rite in shrtcuts & spel wrng

Been there.
I refuse to use shortcuts now, and when I talk to people on MSN who do, I don't like it. I don't know, I used to be very into the stuff, but I cant stand it now. I suppose its like the ex-smoker syndrome, they are always way more anal about it than everyone else.