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Customizable Digital Keyboard

I was looking for a keyboard where I can program actions to some of the keys. There are many keys I dont use and there are frequent stuff that I do using mouse. I would prefer if these actions are just a keystroke away. For example, a task of opening a browser and visiting a common website (like google) is certainly painful when this is done multiple times a day. If I can program this complete action into a key on my customizable keyboard, that’ll be ideal.

This is the closest I found matching my requirement. http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/

However, I really doubt if I can specify custom actions using this keyboard. It probably goes to the extent of opening an application on a keystroke. Well, thats a good start.

Raju

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One Response to “Customizable Digital Keyboard”

  1. gibu Says:
    January 23rd, 2007 at 6:09 am

    Raju,

    In Win 2000, you have an option to specify a ‘Shortcut Key’. Right click a shortcut (say, on the desktop) > Properties > Shortcuts tab>Shortcut Key textbox. There you can give a combination of ctrl+alt+’char’.

    If you want to create a shortcut to open up Google, then create a shortcut on your desktop that points to IEXPLORE.exe. For the ‘target’ give it as “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE” http://google.com/

    That’s it. Now a ctrl+alt+G could bring up Google for you.

    If you donot want to clutter your desktop with shortcuts, then copy these shortcuts to some subprogram menu under ‘Start > Programs’. That would do. Eg: C:\Documents and Settings\gibuk\Start Menu\Programs\Shortcuts

    Gibu

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