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My guess is that the number of still working devices are going down at a steady rate. Also, the number of people willing to spend the amount of time to figure out how to get one of the devices to work (assuming they're in good condition) is going down - every day the percentage of computers that can...

That was definitely an interesting read. I wished there was more to it. I didn't even realize that Elias and Westerman weren't running the company. But that makes sense since both are academics/engineers. I don't think that there was so much a gag order, than the 2 founders busy working for Apple, a...

I just don't want to keep trying to find replacements for work, where I believe a unit was killed while I was gone. That really sucks about the dead keyboard. It's a shame that you can't keep personal items around, unmolested, while you aren't there. I can't see using a Truly Ergonomic, though, as ...

I definitely understand the desire to move on. Back when i fully ensconced in Fingerworks keyboards (a Stealth at home, an LP at work, and a MacNTouch in my TiBook/AlBook), it was awesome. It started going down hill when I got my MacBook Pro and didn't want to dremel out the aluminum keyboard area j...

What I also tried with no success: Extracted all files in the Fingerworks software package, and then directed Windows Hardware recognition to the driver *.inf file (\setupfw160\Resource1\C_\dk\jusb\bin\wxp\inf\fingerworks.inf) But Windows 7 complained that this is not a 64-bit driver.... It seems t...

I have tried to get the Multitouch Utilities to work in both VMware Fusion and Windows XP Mode/VirtualPC, but neither worked correctly. It works with VirtualBox because you can explicitly go into the USB config with VirtualBox to tell it to match the Vendor ID used by the FingerWorks device. Note, t...

Weird.

"This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available."

I wonder if someone offered to buy them just not through eBay.

At $800 for 8, I was sorta tempted. At $1200, not so much anymore. Interestingly, the seller says he has keyboard labels for them. I wonder if this is the guy that was originally selling the DigiTouches that were offered here a while back.

Huh. I didn't realize they changed the behavior of the arrow keys vs mouse pointer.

> I found the best way to relieve stress on the cable where it exits the keyboard was to make a loop and tape it to the bottom of the keyboard I am trying to picture this. Do you mean make a loop of tape and tape that around the cable and to the underside of the keyboard? Here's a photo of the bott...

I'm surprised to hear this question coming from you -- I would imagine it's a fairly simple task? I would try finding the four-finger swipe-up or swipe-down in the default configuration and edit the action associated with the gesture, just pick the opposite direction for each gesture. I'm sure you ...

As much as I find the idea of the "natural" scrolling that's part of OS X Lion to be very odd, I think I would like to give it a try. Does anyone have a suggestion to invert the scroll up/down directions via the MultiTouch Utilities?

I'd be much happier if I could get the Utilities to work correctly in a VM at work, or even in W7. *sigh* Since I had a little free time this afternoon, I decided to give the VirtualBox VM another try. This time I installed VirtualBox on my work MacBook Pro (that already has VMware Fusion installed...

So, as an update to this, I had no real luck getting an XP VM under Oracle VirtualBox to update my MacNTouch I have at work. The biggest hurdle I had was trying to get XP to correctly load the DFU driver. I don't know why it wasn't loading on its own. I was eventually able to get the DFU driver to l...

A while back, with my Stealth, I found the best way to relieve stress on the cable where it exits the keyboard was to make a loop and tape it to the bottom of the keyboard. That way, any side-to-side stress on the cable was at the point that the cable was taped to the keyboard, and not at the keyboa...

Man, this is such a pain to even get to the point where I could attempt to try to see if FingerWorks software will even see the keyboard. I couldn't figure out how to get VMware Fusion to grab the USB device for the keyboard.

I am interested in getting a TE keyboard, but at this time, they still have not opened up orders to "regular" folk. Of course, the programmability aspect of the keyboard is what interests me the most, but that functionality is not yet available, it seems. (I'd want to have a Dvorak layout ...

Back when I was learning Dvorak, as I said above, I had cut out little P-Touch stickers of the alphabet and the changed symbols. After I learned the alphabet, I removed most of the stickers because I didn't need them anymore (and they were already coming off), but I kept most of the symbols is the u...

One of the things that I did while learning to type Dvorak on my Touchstream was to print out the alphabet and some symbols from a Brother P-Touch labeler, cut down each letter to small square and then stick them to one of the corners of each square. I actually did this to a few different keyboards ...

Way back when, on the old forum, someone suggested some guitar cleaner and I bought a couple bottles. They work fine. I also recall people suggesting Lysol - I mostly remember it because Euro users didn't know what it was. I would suggest spraying some on a rag or wad of paper towels, and then wipe ...

In my experience, cleaning the surface should help. I'm not sure if it's stray static or it's just grim on the surface, but when I have these problems, even vigorous scrubbing of the surface with my tshirt helps.

IIRC, I don't think the problem was with running the configurator. The problem was doing the upload because of the java usb driver. I think. It's been a while since I've been motivated enough to change my keyboard configurations .

I think using clear nail polish around the keys could have merit. They will cause mouse pointer drift as your fingers go up and down across the nail polish, much like what happens when your fingers goes over the dimples. My only problem with nail polish is that they will be hard to remove non-destru...

Most regular eBay users use software for sniping. I find it annoying, but it's the way the game is played, and you need to play by their rules.

My original solution to learning how to touch type on the Touchstream involved enabling keystroke sounds and resting my palms/wrists on the wristrests that's part of the tent. I'm not actually typing on a Touchstream at the moment, so I can't really say as to what I do. I've been meaning to bring my...