First pictures of "final", epoxy-coated keymat

Vorporeal · **Joined:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:58 pm **Posts:** 121

They're up on the official blog, courtesy of Fatih.

http://www.pandoratr.com/images/gallery/keymat/cKeymat1b.jpg
http://www.pandoratr.com/images/gallery/keymat/cKeymat2b.jpg

I think they look nice, but it's hard to tell without them in a case. I have to admit that I did also like the uncoated keymats, but I feel like this is a better choice (for many reasons).

Tor · **Joined:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:20 pm **Posts:** 115

It's very unfortunate with the ragged appearance of the letters. It looks like they have been scattered on. Not just the "Y", but look at the asdf row. up up more up a bit down slightly up down down a bit up ditto.

EDIT: As for the actual epoxy: It looks very good to me.

dflemstr · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 3:50 pm

Tor wrote:

It's very unfortunate with the ragged appearance of the letters. It looks like they have been scattered on. Not just the "Y", but look at the asdf row. up up more up a bit down slightly up down down a bit up ditto.

Baseline alignment would have been preferred. Oh well.

Vorporeal · **Joined:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:58 pm **Posts:** 121

I'm pretty sure that these were produced with the same "letter template" as the non-coated ones. I'm sure ED has read through all of the comments on the previous keypad thread and is making a lot of fixes and adjustments to the layout.

WizardStan · **Joined:** Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:43 am **Posts:** 132

I'm pretty sure these ARE the non-coated ones, just coated now

dflemstr · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 3:58 pm

Vorporeal wrote:

I'm pretty sure that these were produced with the same "letter template" as the non-coated ones. I'm sure ED has read through all of the comments on the previous keypad thread and is making a lot of fixes and adjustments to the layout.

...provided that this actually still is possible. Maybe the keymat printing platter already has been carved and can't be changed or something. Do you have confirmation on that this actually is the case?

fischju · **Joined:** Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:32 pm **Posts:** 210

viewtopic.php?p=11727#p11727
Link to ED's post

TheRain · **Joined:** Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:19 am **Posts:** 19

Personally, I could care less about the slight misalignment of the characters

I think the epoxy keymat looks really great as is!

God Ginrai · **Joined:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:51 am **Posts:** 113

TheRain wrote:

Personally, I could care less about the slight misalignment of the characters

I think the epoxy keymat looks really great as is!

Let's try to keep any complaints about anything having to do with the keymat that isn't related to the epoxy in the other topic, so that we don't have two topics arguing about the same things.

Also, as for the epoxy: I like it, however, I was hoping we might see a more flat-edged epoxy like was in the renders ED showed us a while back. This is still good, tho'

-God Ginrai

bosbeetle · **Joined:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:31 am **Posts:** 47

This epoxy looks like the promised epoxy

God Ginrai · **Joined:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:51 am **Posts:** 113

bosbeetle wrote:

This epoxy looks like the promised epoxy

Indeed. I'm just saying that I was hoping for the more flat epoxy.

-God Ginrai

bosbeetle · **Joined:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:31 am **Posts:** 47

I hope that with these mats they can show some typing, with the prototype mats it was always hard because they were thicker. These should be good and can await a lot of use by my thumbs.

Kramy · **Joined:** Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:25 am **Posts:** 66

It still has to fit through the holes in the case. Too flat means hard to press.

I happen to like rounded keys, but flat topped(yet higher) would also be fine.

God Ginrai · **Joined:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:51 am **Posts:** 113

Kramy wrote:

It still has to fit through the holes in the case. Too flat means hard to press.

I happen to like rounded keys, but flat topped(yet higher) would also be fine.

If you just made it flat, but go as high as a rounded key, then it would be just as easy to press.

-God Ginrai

diceyface · **Joined:** Thu May 07, 2009 9:04 am **Posts:** 6

God Ginrai wrote:

Kramy wrote:

It still has to fit through the holes in the case. Too flat means hard to press.

I happen to like rounded keys, but flat topped(yet higher) would also be fine.

If you just made it flat, but go as high as a rounded key, then it would be just as easy to press.

-God Ginrai

it might be slightly harder to press if flattened due to the human thumb (being the ungainly sausage that it is) accidentally pressing multiple buttons as the corners and jutting edges creep ever closer to each other

this was very fun to type

God Ginrai · **Joined:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:51 am **Posts:** 113

diceyface wrote:

God Ginrai wrote:

Kramy wrote:

It still has to fit through the holes in the case. Too flat means hard to press.

I happen to like rounded keys, but flat topped(yet higher) would also be fine.

If you just made it flat, but go as high as a rounded key, then it would be just as easy to press.

-God Ginrai

it might be slightly harder to press if flattened due to the human thumb (being the ungainly sausage that it is) accidentally pressing multiple buttons as the corners and jutting edges creep ever closer to each other

this was very fun to type

I don't know why people have doubts such as that. I have never had problems with any of my fingers (or thumbs) pressing something small, even when other things are close to it.

-God Ginrai

lulzfish · **Joined:** Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:38 am **Posts:** 235

It's beautiful!

Dunny · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 11:56 pm

God Ginrai wrote:

I don't know why people have doubts such as that. I have never had problems with any of my fingers (or thumbs) pressing something small, even when other things are close to it.

To be fair, you're not a normal person though, are you? You're the only one who's expressed a desire to have a section-key so far, god alone knows what other perversions you have ;-)

D.

God Ginrai · **Joined:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:51 am **Posts:** 113

Dunny wrote:

God Ginrai wrote:

I don't know why people have doubts such as that. I have never had problems with any of my fingers (or thumbs) pressing something small, even when other things are close to it.

To be fair, you're not a normal person though, are you? You're the only one who's expressed a desire to have a section-key so far, god alone knows what other perversions you have ;-)

D.

You're right, I also like the X-box Duke controller. I don't see it as too big. ;P

-God Ginrai

j.pickens · **Posted:** Sat May 09, 2009 12:48 am

I still want the "High Y" prototype mat in my Pandora.
Don't throw them away, save money, and make a collector's item.
Thanks,
J.

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