Keypad thread

[gangweedfan]

These things are so weird looking. Does anyone actually use them?

 

[byuu]

/g/tards who go out of their way to buy an expensive 60% keyboard without a numpad buy those.

 

[some Sketchy dude]

I've seen the basic ones (like the left one in the top picture) used for data input and basic accounting before. The employees were using Chromebooks that did not have numpads built into the keyboard. Reminded me of a modern day replacement of old "adding machines" :

 

[SIGSEGV]

I guess the first one could be useful if you want to play roguelikes on a tenkeyless laptop.

I've seen the basic ones (like the left one in the top picture) used for data input and basic accounting before. The employees were using Chromebooks that did not have numpads built into the keyboard.

Oh, and I guess it's useful for boring stuff, too.

 

[gangweedfan]

Im most curious about the middle one. It has a scroll wheel and some kind of analog stick on it. what I hear is that those are used for computer drawing so you can set keyboard shortcuts. But a scrollwheel seems useless if you have a mouse.

 

[malt ipecac]

They're nice if you want to have a keypad to the left of your "main" keyboard area rather than the right. You don't have to reach as far for the mouse/touchpad/whatever if you use that on your right side.

 

[Lagomorph Guy]

I'll never understand why you would want one of those hyper-complicated "GAMER" numpads like the ones on the right. Each and every one has some unique retarded design that would force you to re-learn how to use the stupid thing if you ever decide to buy a different one. Just doesn't seem worth it.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Get the one on the left, plug it into your laptop without a numpad, use it to play roguelikes.

 

[byuu]

I guess the first one could be useful if you want to play roguelikes on a tenkeyless laptop.

Get the one on the left, plug it into your laptop without a numpad, use it to play roguelikes.

git gud and use extended vi keys.

 

[Battlecruiser3000ad]

If I had the misfortune of using a computer without numpad I'd get the standalone one, but having full keyboard is my #1 criterium when choosing a laptop/keyboard.

 

[SIGSEGV]

git gud and use extended vi keys.

No.

 

[Just Some Other Guy]

Nah, I use a full sized keyboard. Anything less is for tryhards.

 

[malt ipecac]

If I had the misfortune of using a computer without numpad I'd get the standalone one, but having full keyboard is my #1 criterium when choosing a laptop/keyboard.

I don't make a habit of correcting minor usage errors, but I thought this was funny enough to share.

Criterium: A one-day bicycle race on a circuit road course

(you were looking for criterion)

 

[Celebrate Nite]

So did anyone else look at this...

...and immediately think of this?

 

[Battlecruiser3000ad]

I don't make a habit of correcting minor usage errors, but I thought this was funny enough to share.

Criterium: A one-day bicycle race on a circuit road course

(you were looking for criterion)

Thanks, I presumed it's the same in English as in my language, didn't work this time.

 

[Oddjob OTP]

I have one of the entry level GAMER ones that I received as a gift. It seems like the sort of thing that would be useful if you wanted to go heavy autism into a flight sim game/mechwarrior and use it in your left hand while you have your right on the stick but probably not worth the effort of relearning controls otherwise.

 

[Distant Stare]

OH SHIT, MORE USELESS CHINESE CRAP TO PLUG UP MY COMPUTERS USB PORTS! IM GOING TO
CONSUUUMMME
IM CONSUUUMMMINNG

 

[Least Concern]

Im most curious about the middle one. It has a scroll wheel and some kind of analog stick on it. what I hear is that those are used for computer drawing so you can set keyboard shortcuts. But a scrollwheel seems useless if you have a mouse.

I have one very similar to that, though mine's made by Belkin, not Razer, and it only has three rows of keys instead of four (and no fucking RGB):



If the one on the Razer is the same as that one, that's not an analogue stick; it's a digital directional pad like on a 16-bit video game controller, but just with a little stick on the top which you can remove if desired.

The good thing about it is that the keys are… I forget the correct term, but in proper columns, not offset like they are on a typical keyboard, so you just have to move your fingers up and down to get to the other keys instead of up/down and left/right as you have to do on a normal keyboard.

In the end, though, I keep mine in a drawer and never use it. It's too much of a pain to move my keyboard out of the way from its normal position and off to the side on my desk (possibly snagging the cable on things in the process) and connect the gadget and put it in its place, and any time I need to press a key which isn't on this thing - like to do team chat in a game that doesn't support voice, for example - I have to reach for the keyboard anyway. It's just not as convenient as just using the keyboard that's already there on my desk and has every key I could possibly need to use already. So in the end I don't think I'd recommend one of these unless maybe you had carpal tunnel or something and knew for sure that the game(s) you want to play will never need more keys than are on the thing.

 

[malt ipecac]

Thanks, I presumed it's the same in English as in my language, didn't work this time.

Oh yeah, I think that's why it was funny to me. It's perfectly reasonable to assume that the singular would end in 'ium', but the fact that acting on that reasonable assumption yields some ultra-specific word for a type of bicycle race is what's funny.

 

[Sonichu-choo trainwreck]

I've used em, but not for games.
having the load of macros and the extra stick etc can be nice for some kinds of drafting work (esp if you are older school)

I remember in the very late 90s a few firms running experiments with game controllers for hi-freq day trading -- IIRC it didn' pan out too well. Why I don't know and it could have to do with the display not matching the control paradigm