Cutting number of keystrokes even by just 5% representsĪn advantage well worth approximately $40 investment. Ounce of prevention is always worth pound of cure. Is probably the best alternative) and they do not allow creating macros on the fly using built-in SK-8135 USB Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard ) programming them is more difficult ( AutoHotkey Low cost keyboards also exist (see for example Dell Typically this is a carpal tunnel syndrome.įrom this point of view using high quality programmable keyboardĪnd mice is not a whim but a necessity, especially as the person became older.
MICROSOFT SIDEWINDER X6 KEYBOARD MACRO PROFESSIONAL
That sometimes lead to developing professional illnesses connected with this activity. Often for 10 hours straight, and few make breaks. TheyĪn important consideration in selection of the keyboard is that webmasters, programmers and Unix administrators usually typeĪll day long.
Logitech G110 are reasonable alternatives. If the price shoot higher Logitech G510s Gaming Keyboard and As of June 2013 both are discontinued, although X4 can still be boughįor around $45 on Amazon. Note: A s of June 2012 X6 is discontinued only X4 Preventing RSI for programmers and sysadmins Microsoft Sidewinder X4 and X6 Keyboards News (slightly skeptical) Educational society promoting " Back to basics" movement against IT overcomplexity Sorry, X4, but there’s just too much good stuff out there.Softpanorama May the source be with you, but remember the KISS principle -) Logitech and Razer also offer compelling alternatives for similar prices. Microsoft’s own X6, for instance, can even be found for cheaper than the X4, and it certainly offers a cooler feature set. Like so many devices in the crowded “gaming enthusiast hardware” field, the X4 is simply outmatched by the competition, which is too close in price to warrant a downgrade. Well, consider this criticism retroactively applied to that thing as well. That’s kind of an important part of a gaming keyboard, and really, I just realized that the X6 has the same problem, as well as a similar media key layout.
Lastly, for a gaming keyboard, it sure doesn’t have any extra connectors, like USB or audio. But why is mute attached to the play controls cluster? Shouldn’t it be over with volume up and down? Not a big deal, obviously, but if you could choose between a keyboard that has them laid out in an intuitive way, and one that didn’t, which would you choose? Right, me too. I’m not sure I dig the layout, either.ĭoesn’t that seem a little weird to you? I think play should be in between previous and next track, though that may just be me. You can’t disable that, unfortunately there’s no option to select another default player.
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The media keys worked out of the box with Winamp, though irritatingly if Winamp is not open, pressing the Play/Pause button will launch Windows Media Player. There’s a nice long list of handy commands you might want to use, something which developers often fail to include.
There are lots of options out there, including the unique and cool Sidewinder X6, which I liked a lot.įunctionality is as you see: some macro keys on the left there, which are useful in all the situations you’d expect, and the configuration thereof works just fine, though it’s extremely spartan. The trouble is, if you’re the type of gamer who uses macros a lot, you probably want a little more keyboard than this offers. What we have here is… well, a normal keyboard, basically, with some macro and media keys. Only one color of backlight and two brightness settings.
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