Keyboard Mystery

I've ruined several boards, an exhaustive review points to a glass of cabernet next to the keyboard as the main offender

Yeah, you can see I am running out of breath trying to get all 20,000 back.

You don't take Ambien I hope? I dunno, maybe you're dreaming this and misspelling it a few times.

I don't touch type, I tend to use both index fingers & thumbs when I type. I am right handed but the only legend worn away on my work keyboard is the 'A' which is the furthest L.H. key.

Perhaps I'm just weird.

Must be the finger you poke your ear with. The wax dissolves the key marking.

Watching habits might solve the problem!

I'll try to keep track of that.

No clue why that happens....If we could have surveillance footage maybe....In the meantime stick-on's are cheap...

...perhaps there are other forces at work....

One of my fiancee's cockatiels is inexplicably fond of her keyboard's 'O' and 'P' keys.

I have also done this to several keyboards. My Brother P-Touch label maker with clear labels and white text fixes them every time.

deleted, may be changed anyways....

Maybe you need to wash your hands and cut/clean your fingernails more often.

Best bet its unclean fingers for sure. Poking ears with a certain finger might give the best indication!

You and tcmtech should not project your slovenly toilet habits onto others.

I'll put my money on BIS, compared to you two any time.

I am glad I didn't ask for your opinion then!

Apparently you are not alone. How about something in a keyboard sticker?

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In some keyboards the glyphs aren't printed on, they're moulded-in, an integral part of the key. Double-shot injection moulded. In order to wear them out, you'd have to wear the key-top all the way through. Most keyboards I've used are made with these kind of keys and I've never had any problems with wear. Maybe the long-term solution is to get a better-quality keyboard?

Those keyboards are generally backlit and more expensive. Although they are nice, who wants to spend $70.00 on a keyboard when you can get one for $7.00 (unless you are a gamer)? In this case you get what you pay for, and pad printed keys will wear a lot faster than double molded ones.

I've never paid that much for a keyboard and all of them had moulded keys. Nor were any of them backlit.

The keyboard in your picture appears to be back-lit, are those not LED's in front of the actuators? I came up with that price because I was recently looking for a back-lit keyboard and the Logitech that I liked was $70.00+. I decided I didn't need one that badly, and bought a $9.00 one from Target that works just fine but has printed buttons. Guess I never looked for anything in between.

That picture illustrates the construction of such keys and just happened to turn up in a google search. It is not my keyboard. My current keyboard is that of an aging Dell Inspiron N4110 laptop. Its keys are also constructed this way but, given the age of the computer, I dare not pry them off.

Got it. But I think tcmtech is on to something here with post #9. I have only wore out keys on my work keyboard, never on one at home. At work my hands are almost always dirty with grease, oils, and moly dust.

And those so-called "keyboard condoms" suck. Better just to buy a year's supply of cheapo keyboards and replace as needed.

Never tried a "keyboard condom;" I've seen them, but I've never used one. No, my company just keeps buying the cheap keyboards and mice. There are at least 3 brand new ones in the supply closet at all times. They'll spend 2k on a new laptop for me with a 24" monitor but I have to use the 2 for $10.00 keyboards and mice. Oh well, it's not my money.

Now its "Moly dust" again.... Oh, My, I think I need a beer....

Why are my words getting changed after I post them? "and/or moldy dust" was "and moly dust" well after I could change it. I was talking about MoS2, Molybdenum disulfide, then an hour after I post it, it's moldy dust? What gives?

Now that's weird. I distinctly recall reading 'moly dust.'

Possibly we have a well-intentioned profreader with Admin privileges on the loose?

I dunno, maybe one of the mods really likes Game of Thrones wolves.

What's moly dust's shelf-life? Maybe you shoulda checked the use-by date.

2nd time today my words were changed, on this thread. First time I said "my Brother P-Touch label maker" an hour later it says "my brother's P-Touch label maker".

Who is doing this?

Report it.

Also (possibly unrelated), the site was down for awhile. Something weird going on? I don't think hackers would go round 'fixing' members' spelling, ya know? I would think you'd need admin privileges to do that.

_{^{Steve Bannon was patched in by the NSA and has been watching us and changing things more to his liking.}}

Really, Lyn? LOL! I enjoy our political conversations (ours have been mild and professional), almost as much I enjoy the venomous conversations between you and somebody else. I think Hillary's cronies are hacking me because am I am PRO POTUS.

Me thinks you give Hillary's cronies too much credit.

Again, I am sure you are right.

Our "Moly coatings" typically have a 1 year shelf life. Not a 1 hour life to change the name.

When i first read that i saw it saying brother's.. Not sure if it was a new comment, but i did want to ask if it was your brother's Brother brother?

Now that one is "Brother P-Touch" again.... somebody is messing with me and it is working. OMG, thinking I am joining the gutmonarck / coolyar clan.

I do a daily fight with the auto correct system on my browsers. It's rare for me to not make a post and not see it reword (< thinks 'reward' fits better for example) or rewrite something even if it's both spelled and grammatically correct.

To be honest I don't know of a forum where the discussion of this issue with the new grammar and spell check systems hasn't came up many time over in the last year or so for the exact reason you state.

Yes, but when did spell-checkers start inserting whole lines of text?

Pretty cool when you exchange two letters and look how your wife reacts to her bad typing....

So the M and N keys are part of candy crush game?

My thoughts (without reading all other posts) is that it is due to friction. Pay attention to how your finger hits the keys that get worn. If your finger tends to slide just a bit on those more than others, that could explain it.

I have touch typed since a typing class in school but I tend to wear the ones my fingers rest on. I have caught myself tapping the keys lightly when thinking of what to write or rubbing a finger across to find the raised dimples that indicate the F and J keys.

Drew K

I never use the dimples. I just start typing, and if words come out, so much the better.

I usually wear out the backspace key. LOL

Here's what you need: An Optimus-Maximus keyboard where each key-top is a little OLED graphic display whose appearance (and function) you can change under software control. Better win the Lottery, tho - these originally sold for $1600.

Amazon lists them but no price and no idea when they'll be back in stock.

I want one.....not paying $1600.00 though. But CR4 will probably change my text, happened twice today.

Did you report it to the mods? This is pretty weird.

I reported both of them. Pretty weird they both went back to how I typed them after I complained about them........

Geez, maybe snag screenshots of your comments to remind yourself you're not going c.cc.cccc.ccrazzzy.

Ok, hack alert... I typed" I want one.... not paying $1600.00 though." I did not type "But CR4 will probably change my text, happened twice today" Think I should log off for a while......

Ok. so I logged out and then changed my password. We will see, strange how the text changed back after I said something about it.

Yes for $1600 I would want a lot of features such as a fancy button on my keyboard dedicated to Porn (three buttons down and one to the right on the example picture you posted).

Why yes, I would live another free 745MB of storage (bottom left hand side button).

You could just watch it on the little button.

You don't have a porn button on your keyboard? Hell, my $9.00 Target keyboard has one.... It's called "Enter"....

Yes, but then you have to enter the address into a web browser, very inconvenient. Same with trying to use Siri and then filtering the responses.

Ahh, progress.

Do you have a raspy voice? What about finger?

A sharpie with a packing tape overlay is the poor man's fix.

'Any ideas?'

Sure. Lots.

Right off the bat (and I'm surprised this hasn't already been mentioned) nothing really starts with an 'n'. You must be gnashing these at other times.

Also of note 'm' is the first letter in most long sentences. Obviously 'm' gets used many cases.

You say, "nothing really starts with an 'n', then you follow that with, "Also of note"?

There is a lot of sheite here that starts with "n", and it ain't pretty.

Do I gotta drag out the encyclopedia?

No, a lot of sheite does not start with an 'n'. There isn't 'n' anywhere in it.

Another interesting fact; hardly anything ends with a 'g'.

Thanks for playing.

Smarty pants, don't wear em so tight they rip on you when you swell up with pride like a toad.

New York?

Nothing really does start with an 'n', Lyn. Really.

Nothing.

You are correct that 'note' also begins with an 'n'.

Pretty sure I would get you.

I have a similar problem, Same letters. But also this is a cheap backlit keyboard here, and the Black is what wears out so it is just a blue glowing blob where the letter should be.

But what is also interesting is, directly under the "N" & "M" on the spacebar is an area that is worn out also.

Get yourself a model M. They are still being made and have molded-in lettering.

Thanks to everyone who's offered ideas and suggestions. I honestly didn't expect such a large response. I'll get Mr. Best in Show to take a look tonight. We have a Dymo label maker and some appliance touch-up paint ... not sure which approach I'll take.

We have a brand-new keyboard for the laptop we both use (e.g. not my personal laptop). Will have to see how long before the N wears off.

You SHARE a laptop?

What a novel concept.

"We have a brand-new keyboard for the laptop we both use ..."

Agree with Lyn.

Does that then become a laps-top, or a laptops, device?

notebook

It becomes a dancetop, not a lap dance.

After further review, it turns out the Thomas cat only logged into my computer on a ghost profile known only as "dog". I think he may have been posting anonymously to CR4.

Lucky me, I got all 20,000 salacious and solicitous emails back.

Trimming these, particularly the index finger of the right hand, may yield dividends: