Detailed Critique of Jeff Atwood's CODE keyboard

> The CODE keyboard is just a very expensive version of your standard keyboard that can make cool clicking noises (which some of your co workers may not find that cool).

From the product page:

> These switches are unique in the Cherry line because they combine solid actuation force with quiet, non-click activation, and a nice tactile bump on every keystroke. These hard to find switches deliver a superior typing experience over cheap rubber dome keyboards – without deafening your neighbors in the process.

" Build Debug Step In Step Over Step Out"

Isn't this F10,F11,F12 etc...

1) accuracy

2) repeatability

3) positional awareness

#1 is about hitting the right key that you wanted to hit and is facilitated by keeping distances correct. I had a vaio keyboard where the keys to the right of the home key were a bit further away from the home row than the left ones and it drove me nuts.

Repeatability is about allowing your muscles to actually train. Since much of what I type is by muscle memory anyway the more often the exact same muscle sequences are actuated the more 'trained' into the muscles they become.

Positional awareness is about "feel" and knowing where your fingers are, relative to where they should be, by how the keys feel. This is something I really didn't appreciate until I learned to play the piano where playing a chord can happen anywhere your hands are in the right place, and getting from one chord to another is again a function of where you are vs where you want to be.

I use a Logitech G15 at work (a G10 at home) which is ok, although I can type faster on my old ThinkPad keyboard. (black with cherry key switches and heck-a loud.) I like the programmability of the "macro" keys so that I can put basic sequences in them, but would appreciate better Linux support :-) Anyway, we'll see how this keyboard compares.

Because those aren't system commands, where as media keys are.