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Slim McGinnis

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Join date: 19 Oct 2007

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02-10-2008 16:20

I purchased a Merc Stealth keyboard last week for use in SL. The reason I bought it was that I really wanted to have my navigation keys on the left side (beats using WASD and typing when I mean to move) so I can keep my right hand on the mouse. The keyboard lets you program all the keys and remap them. This is waaaay more awesome than I had originally imagined! Now my arrow keys, the ctrl and alt keys, and esc key are all at one place where I don't have to move my hand to use them. This makes navigating and camera'ing around sooooo much easier!!

The keyboard was designed for gamers. You can actually set the keyboard to be mapped appropriately for most games. You just select, for example, WoW, and all the keys get instantly mapped to that game. Unfortunately, they don't have a map for SL. But I've spent the last week creating one for SL. It works very well.

If anyone is interested in this, just let me know. I'll be happy to help.

Cheers!
Slim

SuezanneC Baskerville

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02-10-2008 16:39

I have a Saitek keyboard I bought for similar reasons. It sucks.

Wish I'd tried the one you got.

A person might also try getting a "compact" keyboard with no keypad and a keypad, or a plain lefthand keyboard.

Glad you like your Stealth.

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Farallon Greyskin

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Join date: 22 Jan 2006

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02-10-2008 17:02

I use a Nostromo Speedpad n50 a lttle programmable keypad that sits on the left side of your normal KB and yeah for SL or any kind of gaming it's REALLY a great thing to have

Anya Ristow

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Join date: 21 Sep 2006

Posts: 1,243

02-10-2008 17:28

I thought that looked like a good idea until I noticed it has non-standard arrow key placement on the other side of the keyboard. So I went looking for just the left-side keypad and found this...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823161023

...which I might actually try.

This is so cool I just had to share it!
Slim McGinnis Registered User Join date: 19 Oct 2007 Posts: 53	02-10-2008 16:20 I purchased a Merc Stealth keyboard last week for use in SL. The reason I bought it was that I really wanted to have my navigation keys on the left side (beats using WASD and typing when I mean to move) so I can keep my right hand on the mouse. The keyboard lets you program all the keys and remap them. This is waaaay more awesome than I had originally imagined! Now my arrow keys, the ctrl and alt keys, and esc key are all at one place where I don't have to move my hand to use them. This makes navigating and camera'ing around sooooo much easier!! The keyboard was designed for gamers. You can actually set the keyboard to be mapped appropriately for most games. You just select, for example, WoW, and all the keys get instantly mapped to that game. Unfortunately, they don't have a map for SL. But I've spent the last week creating one for SL. It works very well. If anyone is interested in this, just let me know. I'll be happy to help. Cheers! Slim
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	02-10-2008 16:39 I have a Saitek keyboard I bought for similar reasons. It sucks. Wish I'd tried the one you got. A person might also try getting a "compact" keyboard with no keypad and a keypad, or a plain lefthand keyboard. Glad you like your Stealth. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Farallon Greyskin Cranky Seal Join date: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 491	02-10-2008 17:02 I use a Nostromo Speedpad n50 a lttle programmable keypad that sits on the left side of your normal KB and yeah for SL or any kind of gaming it's REALLY a great thing to have
Anya Ristow Vengeance Studio Join date: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 1,243	02-10-2008 17:28 I thought that looked like a good idea until I noticed it has non-standard arrow key placement on the other side of the keyboard. So I went looking for just the left-side keypad and found this... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823161023 ...which I might actually try.

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