I'm not drunk, It really is my keyboard...

hollydolly

hollydolly

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You all must know by now that reading my posts are like trying to read something under water , the spelling the arrangement of letter..the lack of letters even.... not helped by the fact that I can't get spellcheck to work on this forum... so reading my posts often is a real trial...

I have said on many occasions that the problem lies with my relatively new keyboard, but this week, someone here possibly tongue in cheek... accused me of being drunk....

I'm teetotal..I neither use alcohol or drugs.....so i felt I have no choice but to buy another keyboard which is arriving today....

However I want you all to read the reviews of my current keyboard... which were well hidden amongst all the 5 star reviews and I didn't see them when I bought this...

1) I type very fast and have never experienced issues like this with other keyboards. Unfortunately, this keyboard does not register keys properly, making it unsuitable for my workflow. The Shift key and Spacebar often miss inputs, (as well as other letters, but those keys are more noticeable) forcing me to go back and fix words constantly, which is incredibly frustrating and impacts my productivity.

2) Product itself looks good and is large enough to act as a Full external keyboard. However, the keys require a perfect contact in order for the key to register as being pressed. I found that there is a lot of dead space around the edges of the key, so unless you hit the key exactly in the middle or with alot of force, it tends to miss letters.

3) Unless the keys are struck firmly and in the centre, the keystroke is often not registered. Whilst working, this makes the keyboard extremely frustrating and slows down typing intensive work. This causes errors in coding work where precision is important and means that word processing is unnecessarily time consuming. I would not recommend this keyboard even if it was on sale for £1.

4)Using the keyboard in question right now so you can see for yourself all the keys that it msses as i type. The shift key works sometimes when typing captial letters. or if i need to use cnrl+shift as i often do in multiple programs for wok. So with this key being essentially broken 9unless i push really really hard0. so its. return for me.

5) Could not use it after original Apple keyboard. Some keys needs a center hit and it should be firmly or they dont work; shift, command, enter etc.
6)Worked fine for a few weeks but no longer working properly. Lots of lag when typing, not useable.




So you get the picture..in future I'll read every one of a thousand reviews if I have to
 

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How frustrating!! 😱

I was trained as a secretary back in the dinosaur days, one of the graduation requirements of the business school I attended was the ability to type 65 words per minute with a low error rate.

Working as a secretary and typing all day every day, that rate rose to 102 words per minute with a 1% error rate. BUT that count was seriously affected depending on what type of keyboard I was typing on. We’re talking the days of Selectric typewriters…..remember those? The IBM Selectric was the rolls Royce of typewriters, and on it I did my best and fastest work.

My speed and accuracy was provenly impacted with a lesser machine, so I can understand completely how your faulty keyboard has negatively impacted your ability to type! I hope you have better success with a new keyboard @hollydolly! 🤞
 
Ronni said:
How frustrating!! 😱

I was trained as a secretary back in the dinosaur days, one of the graduation requirements of the business school I attended was the ability to type 65 words per minute with a low error rate.

Working as a secretary and typing all day every day, that rate rose to 102 words per minute with a 1% error rate. BUT that count was seriously affected depending on what type of keyboard I was typing on. We’re talking the days of Selectric typewriters…..remember those? The IBM Selectric was the rolls Royce of typewriters, and on it I did my best and fastest work.

My speed and accuracy was provenly impacted with a lesser machine, so I can understand completely how your faulty keyboard has negatively impacted your ability to type! I hope you have better success with a new keyboard @hollydolly! 🤞
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yes Ronni, I do remember very well..(y) My class at school was the one and only business and economic class.. and of course as you say typing was the main feature of that and 65wpm was looked at as average.. and over the years my speed has increased like yours, not quite as much, but still fast.. so yes ineed the frustration of this darn keyboard has been extreme...so I'm hoping and praying this new one is not going to be the same
 

hollydolly said:
You all must know by now that reading my posts are like trying to read something under water , the spelling the arrangement of letter..the lack of letters even.... not helped by the fact that I can't get spellcheck to work on this forum... so reading my posts often is a real trial...

I have said on many occasions that the problem lies with my relatively new keyboard, but this week, someone here possibly tongue in cheek... accused me of being drunk....

I'm teetotal..I neither use alcohol or drugs.....so i felt I have no choice but to buy another keyboard which is arriving today....

However I want you all to read the reviews of my current keyboard... which were well hidden amongst all the 5 star reviews and I didn't see them when I bought this...

1) I type very fast and have never experienced issues like this with other keyboards. Unfortunately, this keyboard does not register keys properly, making it unsuitable for my workflow. The Shift key and Spacebar often miss inputs, (as well as other letters, but those keys are more noticeable) forcing me to go back and fix words constantly, which is incredibly frustrating and impacts my productivity.

2) Product itself looks good and is large enough to act as a Full external keyboard. However, the keys require a perfect contact in order for the key to register as being pressed. I found that there is a lot of dead space around the edges of the key, so unless you hit the key exactly in the middle or with alot of force, it tends to miss letters.

3) Unless the keys are struck firmly and in the centre, the keystroke is often not registered. Whilst working, this makes the keyboard extremely frustrating and slows down typing intensive work. This causes errors in coding work where precision is important and means that word processing is unnecessarily time consuming. I would not recommend this keyboard even if it was on sale for £1.

4)Using the keyboard in question right now so you can see for yourself all the keys that it msses as i type. The shift key works sometimes when typing captial letters. or if i need to use cnrl+shift as i often do in multiple programs for wok. So with this key being essentially broken 9unless i push really really hard0. so its. return for me.

5) Could not use it after original Apple keyboard. Some keys needs a center hit and it should be firmly or they dont work; shift, command, enter etc.
6)Worked fine for a few weeks but no longer working properly. Lots of lag when typing, not useable.
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That is a perfect example of how my Mac magic keyboard acts.
I have been blaming myself what with fumbly fingers and missing thumb.
I spend more time correcting than actual typing
Now I don't feel quite so bad.
 
I had keyboard problems a few years ago when one of my older laptops started messing up. It was a real pain, back spacing, copy and paste or cut. Sometimes a simple message would take minutes. I have since enabled on screen keyboard on every laptop soon as I set them up. Plus they are easier and faster for emojis, gifs and other symbols.
 
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hollydolly said:
You all must know by now that reading my posts are like trying to read something under water , the spelling the arrangement of letter..the lack of letters even.... not helped by the fact that I can't get spellcheck to work on this forum... so reading my posts often is a real trial...

I have said on many occasions that the problem lies with my relatively new keyboard, but this week, someone here possibly tongue in cheek... accused me of being drunk....

I'm teetotal..I neither use alcohol or drugs.....so i felt I have no choice but to buy another keyboard which is arriving today....

However I want you all to read the reviews of my current keyboard... which were well hidden amongst all the 5 star reviews and I didn't see them when I bought this...

1) I type very fast and have never experienced issues like this with other keyboards. Unfortunately, this keyboard does not register keys properly, making it unsuitable for my workflow. The Shift key and Spacebar often miss inputs, (as well as other letters, but those keys are more noticeable) forcing me to go back and fix words constantly, which is incredibly frustrating and impacts my productivity.

2) Product itself looks good and is large enough to act as a Full external keyboard. However, the keys require a perfect contact in order for the key to register as being pressed. I found that there is a lot of dead space around the edges of the key, so unless you hit the key exactly in the middle or with alot of force, it tends to miss letters.

3) Unless the keys are struck firmly and in the centre, the keystroke is often not registered. Whilst working, this makes the keyboard extremely frustrating and slows down typing intensive work. This causes errors in coding work where precision is important and means that word processing is unnecessarily time consuming. I would not recommend this keyboard even if it was on sale for £1.

4)Using the keyboard in question right now so you can see for yourself all the keys that it msses as i type. The shift key works sometimes when typing captial letters. or if i need to use cnrl+shift as i often do in multiple programs for wok. So with this key being essentially broken 9unless i push really really hard0. so its. return for me.

5) Could not use it after original Apple keyboard. Some keys needs a center hit and it should be firmly or they dont work; shift, command, enter etc.
6)Worked fine for a few weeks but no longer working properly. Lots of lag when typing, not useable.




So you get the picture..in future I'll read every one of a thousand reviews if I have to
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Holly, we all make typos. I wasn't trained as a typist for an office nor secretarial work. I did take a typing seminar in school as I knew I'd be going to college, and we had to type our papers. Now, college students in my day could hire those who could type like machine gun experts, but they charged money per word. I thought, forget that one. Tuition, books, and general upkeep is prohibitive enough fiducially as it is, so, I learned the keyboard and how to type. It's like the piano, you know instinctively where the keys are.

Hence, as time went on, I got away from typing, since in nursing all was done by hand and printing instead of cursive writing was the order of the day. Now in the computer age, I am back to typing, and I make typos like crazy. I do have spell check, et al and may the devil take the foremost.

I don't apologize if something really doesn't sound or look right to others. Not a perfect world. Now, I think I'll pour some Irish Cream into my coffee and get a tad drunky wunky. ;) I wish!
 
Mizmo said:
That is a perfect example of how my Mac magic keyboard acts.
I have been blaming myself what with fumbly fingers and missing thumb.
I spend more time correcting than actual typing
Now I don't feel quite so bad.
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it seems the majority of keyboards are really badly made ..I actually replaced my Mac magic keyboard for the same reason.. to this genric one.. which is even worse...
Lewkat said:
Holly, we all make typos. I wasn't trained as a typist for an office nor secretarial work. I did take a typing seminar in school as I knew I'd be going to college, and we had to type our papers. Now, college students in my day could hire those who could type like machine gun experts, but they charged money per word. I thought, forget that one. Tuition, books, and general upkeep is prohibitive enough fiducially as it is, so, I learned the keyboard and how to type. It's like the piano, you know instinctively where the keys are.

Hence, as time went on, I got away from typing, since in nursing all was done by hand and printing instead of cursive writing was the order of the day. Now in the computer age, I am back to typing, and I make typos like crazy. I do have spell check, et al and may the devil take the foremost.

I don't apologize if something really doesn't sound or look right to others. Not a perfect world. Now, I think I'll pour some Irish Cream into my coffee and get a tad drunky wunky. ;) I wish!
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No Lois...mine aren't just typos, they look like a monkey has been typing, very often my posts are utter gobbledygook.. and people have bee very patient here and not mentioned it, despite them being difficult to read. .until the other day , one of the men asked if I'd been hitting the bottle..

It doesn't help that my spllchecker doesn't work on this forum... so Im not alerted by a load of red underlining...
 
Just read the 1 star reviews if the percentage is over 5%. Look for the same defect indicated by multiple reviewers.

Under 5% is normal for just about any product. I bought a dishwasher at Costco recently that is, by far, the best dishwasher we ever owned, yet 7% gave it a 1 star rating. Most complaints were about Costco installation, but I installed it myself and it was done right, even it took all day. The 1 hour cycle quickly cleans our dishes that we always rinse off anyway. And I put in a water softener ahead of the water supply as hard water will eventually mess up any dishwasher.
 
Michael Z said:
Just read the 1 star reviews if the percentage is over 5%. Look for the same defect indicated by multiple reviewers.

Under 5% is normal for just about any product. I bought a dishwasher at Costco recently that is, by far, the best dishwasher we ever owned, yet 7% gave it a 1 star rating. Most complaints were about Costco installation, but I installed it myself and it was done right, even it took all day. The 1 hour cycle quickly cleans our dishes that we always rinse off anyway. And I put in a water softener ahead of the water supply as hard water will eventually mess up any dishwasher.
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the trouble is here on Amazon uk..I don't know about the US...very often we'll see that an item has say 10 % 1 star reveiws, but when we click on them... they're not available to view ... :unsure:
 
Lewkat said:
Holly, we all make typos. I wasn't trained as a typist for an office nor secretarial work. I did take a typing seminar in school as I knew I'd be going to college, and we had to type our papers. Now, college students in my day could hire those who could type like machine gun experts, but they charged money per word. I thought, forget that one. Tuition, books, and general upkeep is prohibitive enough fiducially as it is, so, I learned the keyboard and how to type. It's like the piano, you know instinctively where the keys are.

Hence, as time went on, I got away from typing, since in nursing all was done by hand and printing instead of cursive writing was the order of the day. Now in the computer age, I am back to typing, and I make typos like crazy. I do have spell check, et al and may the devil take the foremost.

I don't apologize if something really doesn't sound or look right to others. Not a perfect world. Now, I think I'll pour some Irish Cream into my coffee and get a tad drunky wunky. ;) I wish!
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That's a pet peeve for me. Typos drive me crazy, If I forget a word I'll even restructure a whole new sentence. When people send me poorly done text messages I can't understand them or on social media and won't read them. I have always been that way.
 
Recall you use a Mac so I can't offer any advice. My expensive decade old Dell XPS-15 Windows 10 laptop has had mouse and keystroke issues missing clicks and keystrokes for years. Not hardware related but rather due to using much complex application software with inaccessible to users processor interrupt priorities, Registry settings, and disruptive antivirus software. There was a time when computer users had access to such settings but Microsoft took access away except for those dangerously changing Registry settings. I might wipe the system clean and rebuild all the software, however that is asking for worse issues trying to load no longer supported graphics software.

I am one of many that absolutely loath using a trackpad, touchpad, or touch screen. So instead use a USB-A Bluetooth mouse dongle for a wireless mouse. Unfortunately, USB devices use a lower interrupt priority than a dedicated touchpad and is sequentially polled with other USB devices unlike a device with a direct highest interrupt level like old PS2 devices or a touchpad. So just turning off a touchpad and adding a USB mouse is not equivalent. There is also software overhead for Bluetooth. Note using a wired USB mouse makes little difference. I hate it when I am typing away on my keyboard only to find some program in another window or running in the background like Photoshop has suddenly decided to mask off my input devices.
https://softwareengineeringexperiences.quora.com/Why-do-so-many-people-use-a-mouse-with-their-laptop

https://library.mosse-institut.com/...ernals-software-interrupt-request-levels.html

With the rise of computer smartphones and touchscreens, apparently many younger engineers designing computer firmware and their young marketing buddies hated push back from large numbers of older users that hated trackpads or touchpads so hid access to manipulate system internals including keyboard functions and stubbornly refuse to build laptops without trackpad, touchpad, or touch screens despite an obvious market as they are still in a stubborn psychological war with those like me moving users to smartphone like functionality. As soon as Windows pc large 8k monitors with DsiplayPort 2.1b finally become available will buy a new graphics workstation and be done with this touchpad device nightmare.
 
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65 WPM? I took typing in High School, and 30 WPM was needed to pass. I got all the way up to 29, and teacher said she's pass me if I promised to not come back for Typing 2. :ROFLMAO:

I am on my 3rd cheapo HP lap top. This one's a Chromebook, and after a couple of years the keyboard and/or key pad get wonky. For now this one is showing the normal signs, but is still tolerable, so I just live with it, but it won't be long..
 
Ronni said:
How frustrating!! 😱

I was trained as a secretary back in the dinosaur days, one of the graduation requirements of the business school I attended was the ability to type 65 words per minute with a low error rate.

Working as a secretary and typing all day every day, that rate rose to 102 words per minute with a 1% error rate. BUT that count was seriously affected depending on what type of keyboard I was typing on. We’re talking the days of Selectric typewriters…..remember those? The IBM Selectric was the rolls Royce of typewriters, and on it I did my best and fastest work.

My speed and accuracy was provenly impacted with a lesser machine, so I can understand completely how your faulty keyboard has negatively impacted your ability to type! I hope you have better success with a new keyboard @hollydolly! 🤞
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And you broke your nails swapping the key ball out.
 
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