-
1. Re: Best keyboard and mouse for typesetting and design (not sure where else to put this)
BobLevine Jan 18, 2012 4:41 PM (in response to TwitchOSX)I have no strong feelings about mice, but this, IMO, is the best keyboard on the planet: http://amzn.to/AbcCW5
Bob
-
2. Re: Best keyboard and mouse for typesetting and design (not sure where else to put this)
TwitchOSX Jan 18, 2012 4:43 PM (in response to BobLevine)Does the software work well for setting up the special keys? I'm not into split keyboards though. I had a MS keyboard once with a bunch of special keys but at that time, the software sucked and didn't work right.
-
3. Re: Best keyboard and mouse for typesetting and design (not sure where else to put this)
P Spier Jan 18, 2012 4:55 PM (in response to TwitchOSX)I'm partial to logitech for both mouse and keyboard, but I like the simple versions.
-
4. Re: Best keyboard and mouse for typesetting and design (not sure where else to put this)
TwitchOSX Jan 18, 2012 5:00 PM (in response to P Spier)I've got a logitech mouse and a MS mouse on my other computers. I like the shapes a lot better but I would miss the multitouch top of the Apple mouse. Same thing with the keyboards.... I don't mind getting a different keyboard but I'll miss the function keys that the Apple keyboard has.
-
5. Re: Best keyboard and mouse for typesetting and design (not sure where else to put this)
[Jongware] Jan 18, 2012 5:09 PM (in response to TwitchOSX)TwitchOSX wrote:
Apple keyboard: Pros - The function keys at the top for controlling audio, ejecting the CD tray, screen brightness etc.
Cons - You have to hold the "fn" key and hit F12 to get to the Widgets. Didn't have to do that with our G5 keyboard.
If you mainly use the function keys as such, you can toggle the Fn key state in System Preferences -> Keyboard (first tab). You might also try Full Keyboard Access, in the 2nd tab, as it enables you to reach a few more dialog items (usually; but it's a bit buggy in InDesign due to their own implementation of dialogs).
And I agree on the sometimes shocking properties of the metal board.
-
6. Re: Best keyboard and mouse for typesetting and design (not sure where else to put this)
TwitchOSX Jan 18, 2012 5:17 PM (in response to [Jongware])Well... turning on the "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" makes the F12 go to the Widgets panel and F11 makes all the windows flow out off the edges so you can see the desktop, but then nothing else works so the F3 key that makes all the windows small and shows the different desktops doesn't work, the brightness keys don't do anything, the audio keys don't do anything...... argh. It's one or the other!
-
7. Re: Best keyboard and mouse for typesetting and design (not sure where else to put this)
John Hawkinson Jan 19, 2012 12:23 AM (in response to TwitchOSX)F11 makes all the windows flow out off the edges so you can see the desktop, but then nothing else works so the F3 key that makes all the windows small and shows the different desktops doesn't work, the brightness keys don't do anything, the audio keys don't do anything...... argh. It's one or the other!
You can enable or disable all these functions independtly in System Preferences.
-
8. Re: Best keyboard and mouse for typesetting and design (not sure where else to put this)
[Jongware] Jan 19, 2012 1:51 AM (in response to TwitchOSX)TwitchOSX wrote:
Well... turning on the "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" makes the F12 go to the Widgets panel and F11 makes all the windows flow out off the edges so you can see the desktop, but then nothing else works so the F3 key that makes all the windows small and shows the different desktops doesn't work, the brightness keys don't do anything, the audio keys don't do anything...... argh. It's one or the other!
Not true. The setting reverses the function of the Fn key. So to adjust brightness you have to press "Fn + F1/F2", and without Fn it does what F1 ought to do. (Barring what John says; the system takes precedence in stealing functions.)
There is no way to get what you want: both sets of functions at once. Perhaps you could have a custom keyboard made, with two rows of function keys. (In the Good Ol' Days of WordPerfect 5, you could buy a custom keyboard with four rows of function keys, one for each of "Plain", "Alt", "Shift", and "Control" modifiers. Only for the truly lazy, too wary to press-and-hold a modifier key for a quarter of a second.)




