Re: Looking for Keyboard Sensitivity Freeware

de Paul_B 05/12/2006 04:45

On Sat, 13 May 2006 00:25:01 +1000, No I'm Spartacus wrote:

> On Thu, 11 May 2006 17:06:21 GMT, Paul_B <pb_public@operamail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 12 May 2006 01:27:27 +1000, No I'm Spartacus wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a utility to allow me to adjust the sensitivity of my
>>> keyboard (running Windows XP). The problem is that sometimes when I
>>> type a word with a capital first letter (for example 'Word'), the
>>> first two letters will appear as capitals (using the same example,
>>> 'WOrd'). I figure that the Shift key is just too sensitive or
>>> something, so that when I take my finger off Shift to hit the second
>>> key, it is somehow still registering. The keyboard itself is only new
>>> (it's a Logitech G15), so I don't think it is faulty, but after about
>>> 3 months of using it, I'm considering throwing it against the wall and
>>> going back to my old $20 Acer 101 key keyboard that it replaced (the
>>> G15 cost 7 times that), because I'm sick of having to backspace to
>>> correct double capitals all the time!
>>
>>Word processor software usually has an option to correct double
>>caps - MS Word and OOo Writer, eg. Beyond that I don't know what
>>you can do. Finding the right keyboard can be difficult. I
>>finally got mine after buying a few expensive ones, and it cost
>>under $30.
>>
>>p.
>
> Yeah, I thought of that - but most of my typing is done in Notepad or
> WordPad. I've adjusted the repeat rate in Control Panel, so I will see
> how I go, but you're right about the keyboards. This one seems ultra
> sensitive, so I may just go back to my old $20 one. I bought the G15
> because of the LCD and the macro keys on the side of the keyboard. I
> no longer use the LCD, but it would be a shame to have to give up the
> macro's that I use for games, just because typing in Windows
> applications is a problem... :-(

You might do yourself a double favor and switch from Notepad to a
more advanced text editor. PSPad, for instance, is excellent, and
affords a "sentence-ize" case change, which comes close to what
you're trying to do (though it will change /all/ caps to lower
except for the beginning of sentences. It also afford "Clips",
which I think could be programmed to be more selective, but I am
not sure. And there might be an editor out there that supports
your specific option right in the interface (NoteTab?).

The keyboard I settled on was the MS Natural Multimedia.
Excellent, split, and cheap - a steal, really.

Good luck,
p.