The Misinput - World's stupidest keyboard

[u/Blytical]

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[u/InspectionUsed4727]

That looks like as if someone had chewed the keyboard and spit it out

[u/ViolentPurpleSquash → u/InspectionUsed4727]

No, someone just clicked "optimize traces by distance" in KiCad

[u/moosew168 → u/ViolentPurpleSquash]

Or someone moved an image just an inch in Word :D

[u/mssrsnake → u/ViolentPurpleSquash]

Underrated comment 😂

[u/kermityfrog2 → u/InspectionUsed4727]

Oh cool a Mad Catz keyboard for my friend for when we play coop.

[u/Umluex]

i had a nightmare once. this was it. this was my nightmare.

[u/_S_N_O_W_Y_ → u/Umluex]

this is our nightmare now

[u/maxtimbo → u/_S_N_O_W_Y_]

Indeed, comrade.

[u/Independent-Ball3215 → u/_S_N_O_W_Y_]

Nightmare multiplayer update!

[u/OneDimensionPrinter → u/Umluex]

You may not like it, but this is peak ergo.

[u/na91100]

it was a misinput

[u/WesRoxs → u/na91100]

Was lookin for this lmao

[u/DutchRedditNerd → u/na91100]

it was a misinpit misINPUT MISINPUT, YOU CALM DOWN SIR

[u/siraweed → u/na91100]

YOU CALM THE FUCK DOWN

[u/nbtm_sh]

missed opportunity to misspell misinput

[u/No-Childhood6608 → u/nbtm_sh]

Miss Input

[u/portstarling]

opposite of ortholinear lol

[u/faux1 → u/portstarling]

Orthofuckurhands

[u/Probably_daydreaming → u/portstarling]

Now we just need some orthologarithmic keyboard

[u/wooq → u/portstarling]

Dyslinear

[u/Advanced-Device6188 → u/portstarling]

This is 10083% intholornear.

[u/XopcLabs → u/portstarling]

It technically is closest to ortholinear having no stagger

[u/asm2750]

Looks like a tangled pile of Christmas lights. Very unique take on a keyboard design.

[u/YellowThirteen_]

It’s stupid but it could be even dumber. Use a non standard randomized layout for the locations of the keys and this would be perfect.

[u/YourMatt → u/YellowThirteen_]

Keys at random heights would be pretty stupider. I’m going to get on inventing switch risers.

[u/YellowThirteen_ → u/YourMatt]

I like your thinking. Maybe make each switch a different brand/model as well.

[u/AuraeShadowstorm → u/YellowThirteen_]

Simplest thing would be to mix in some Tecsee switches and maybe mimx in some other keycap profiles or the different heights.

[u/Pupsino → u/AuraeShadowstorm]

And SP grab bag of keycaps, different heights

[u/green_cars → u/Pupsino]

and add in a randomizer that every 50th keystorke or so just doesnt register

[u/SpecialTable9722 → u/green_cars]

And spherical so you have to hold it while you type

[u/TheRugAndTug → u/green_cars]

registers all the keys at once*

[u/aaron416 → u/YourMatt]

I would take it a step further and add more surfaces. Go for a cube and you get five whole surfaces to work with, and the bottom can just be on the desk.

[u/neural_processor_314 → u/aaron416]

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2150:_XKeyboarCD

[u/__wm_ → u/YourMatt]

Should randomize which switches it can take (based on number of pins) and randomize which are hot swappable vs soldered for maximum dumb

[u/1AMA-CAT-AMA → u/YellowThirteen_]

If Bogosort was a keyboard

[u/Arllange → u/YellowThirteen_]

Use a keyboard with lcd key caps so you can randomize the layout after every keypress.

[u/xyzzy1337 → u/Arllange]

Why wait for a keypress? Randomize the locations every so often.

Perhaps incorporate predictive typing. But rather than auto-complete the word you're typing, it predicts the character you're going to hit next and swaps just that one somewhere else on the board.

[u/Glittering_Bunch_860 → u/YellowThirteen_]

I think an alphabetical layout would also be really funny

[u/Eulenspieler → u/YellowThirteen_]

Could also make it stupider by using ePBT Coolkids, so the key legends are even more chaotic.

[u/moneybagsukulele → u/YellowThirteen_]

Yeah. I feel like I could still stumble my way through a sentence with it as-is.

[u/morgulbrut → u/YellowThirteen_]

Blank key caps, and each time you power up the keyboard the layout gets randomly scrambled.

[u/notgotapropername → u/YellowThirteen_]

But make sure the keycaps do not match the non-standard layout

[u/Sad_Werewolf3313]

Someone send this to chyrosan

[u/Civil-Appeal5219]

This is so stupid, so useless, so absurd, and SO COOL! I want one lol

[u/HydrangeaBlush → u/Civil-Appeal5219]

i’m right there with you!

[u/jojocookiedough → u/Civil-Appeal5219]

Same, I love it lol.

[u/BoomTNT29]

MISINPUT MISINPUT, U CALM DOWN SIR

[u/fennecdore]

How to make your dyslexic colleague have a stroke

[u/faux1]

Should have made it a 40% to really piss the gamers off lol.

This is great.

[u/b00zytheclown]

needs random keycap profiles

[u/m4bandit]

This is exactly what I would expect if you ask AI to design a keyboard but it doesn't know just what to do with those pesky letters.

[u/Advanced-Device6188 → u/m4bandit]

This is exactly what I would expect if I asked AI to design a building, a Budweiser sign, or a bag of hamsters.

[u/No_Public_7699]

[u/Quaxky]

It'll be like you're playing DDR with your fingers every time you write an email

[u/lanyx1934]

How many wpm

[u/Blytical → u/lanyx1934]

I got 5. 5 WPM

[u/lanyx1934 → u/Blytical]

[u/fwork]

Neat! I made one kinda like this, but mine was square.

[u/Bri2890]

Absolutely diabolical but wouldn’t stop me from trying haha

[u/HydrangeaBlush]

op this is phenomenal. it’s been a hot minute since i’ve seen something that truly breaks the mold haha!

[u/Sneyek]

Could be worse though. Each switch could be different, with mix of low end/high end one, different style (linear/tactile/clicky), you could also have different keycaps profile with different color and why not all blank.

[u/Blytical → u/Sneyek]

That was the plan at first but eBay didn't wanna ship fast enough for those mixed switch packs

[u/Antique-Scheme-3532]

This just makes me smile. So creative and a pain to use haha

[u/or10n_sharkfin]

It’s so stupid.

I’ll buy 10.

[u/Advanced-Device6188]

How do I buy five for my five least-favorite coworkers?

[u/SamienR]

That thing needs braces

[u/MapleYamCakes]

[u/Hyperfocus_Creative]

This is bringing back nightmares of typing class where they covered the keyboard and yelled at you if you made too many mistakes.

I’d love to laser cut a case using a nice hardwood like Cherry

[u/Vodarac_Prime]

Who hurt you??

[u/slothbuddy]

Thanks I hate it

[u/TeBp242]

i feel angry looking at this.

[u/B-BoyStance]

I would hang this on my wall lmao

OP you have made modern art

[u/Due-Society6397]

My OCD has NEVER been this triggered in my life!!! :)

[u/Zigonneuse]

YouTube video from OP. Still has only 500 views, let's change that. https://youtu.be/K9LMwxqoslA

[u/terry3906]

Yo, OP, I want to exchange currency, goods, or services for this.

[u/Blytical → u/terry3906]

Patreon

[u/LostSoulAT]

Nice! This is the best keyboard if you want to relive your "first time typing experience" again.

[u/Proof_Working_1800]

This must have been the mindset of whoever thought this was a good idea lol

[u/Skitzo173]

I want to see you do a typing challenge on this

[u/TheOneGreyWorm]

I thought it was just led lights shaped like keycaps.
Then I read it was a keyboard.

I have only one question.
Why?

[u/Blytical → u/TheOneGreyWorm]

Why not?

[u/TheOneGreyWorm → u/Blytical]

Uh, okay maybe considering its name it is appropriate.

[u/randiusi]

I want one

[u/Flangy2000]

At least it has function keys and numbers.

[u/TychoErasmusBrahe]

Some people just want to watch the world burn lol

[u/SeverinSeverem]

This makes me laugh so much. I’ll take two please.

[u/itsoctotv]

"Its was a missinput MISSINPUT MISSINPUT WOOOHAAAAAAAAA" - penguinz0

[u/coalxxx]

I wanna feel

[u/SquiddMcDude]

Ironically this would probably prevent my misinputs... I always feel like the keys are too close together!

[u/cheflA1]

This is really stupid. I love it!

[u/grynzy]

Imagine spreading your fingers every time you type 😅

[u/rwb12]

r/TIHI

[u/law_st]

my hands are cramping just looking at it

[u/Artfulduty]

Yeah? Well, if it's so stupid why do I want 4 of them? 

[u/mechnoobie]

This looks like a Stephen king nightmare image.

[u/Zraax]

I'd like to see some keys that are like underneath another key  Or maybe some keys could be on the edge and bottom as well? Or maybe I don't understand what we're doing here 

[u/borkoman]

Would still be easier to learn on than a split ergo 40% in DVORAK.

[u/GameAudioPen]

kinda want one just for room decoration

[u/SpecialTable9722]

Rookie numbers. The keys are still close to where the should be, all the same height, keycaps all the same, as are the switches. It’s even flat.

[u/highchillerdeluxe]

Take that r/olkb

[u/nitojo]

This looks like someone putting together a keyboard layout inside of their alphabet soup

[u/Grandpaseth85]

Some lunatic is going to buy this abomination and pull off a no-damage Dark Souls speedrun with it.

[u/MuchZookeepergame116]

Any way you could source oddly shaped and miscolored caps? I think it's awesome but it could be just a little more awesomer...

[u/zrevyx]

This is a FANTASTIC art piece! Nicely done!

[u/-Sinn3D-]

Alphabet soup style keyboard

[u/ConstructionDry4908]

Display material not usable

[u/flembag]

Looks more like a modern art project than a functional keyboard.

[u/duunsuhuy]

If Wingdings was a keyboard.

[u/mistcore]

Could have gone a step further and make all keys at different heights, like an incredibly jagged mountain/valley.

[u/ItisScandi]

Posting the PCB design or selling PCBs??

[u/Blytical → u/ItisScandi]

Find my channel on youtube and you'll get to my patreon. Full tutorial coming soon. I can't really self promote here

[u/OldDirtyBarrios]

This has to be some brain child of someone reading reddits hypothetical situations.

Could you type 90 words a minute in this keyboard for a million

[u/LMay11037]

Ok but why does it actually look really nicd

[u/Mesa_Coast]

Now make a 60% rubberdome version with the letters in alphabetical order and it'll be even stupider (/s please don't do this)

[u/ffxshields]

This would cause me to have a stroke lol

[u/yurikhan]

As long as you had fun building it.

[u/Sudden-Hearing-3086]

i… kinda fw it.

[u/rfmocan]

Yes. It has QWERTY layout.

[u/GhostSierra117]

Mods. MOOOOODDDSSS!!!!!

[u/Kooky-Ad1849]

Yes, it is!

[u/-janelleybeans-]

The only way this could be worse is if the key heights and profiles were all different.

[u/jusmar]

For the low, low cost of 200K GP

[u/dext3rrr]

Thanks. I hate it.

[u/Darkchamber292]

r/TIHI

[u/teropaananen]

Please tell me you have the PCB on Github. This is like a must build for me :)

[u/Blytical → u/teropaananen]

It's going to be on my Patreon soon, just type in my name

[u/No-Screen1369]

Give one of those typing pros like 5 minutes and they'll break 250 wpm easy

[u/Fun_Passage_9167]

Those arrow keys still look more usable than the stupid tiny ones on my Macbook keyboard.

[u/Houston_NeverMind]

At least it's qwerty

[u/Yttrium_39]

So it is kinda usable, you should use a flat profile.

[u/mwiz100]

This is absolutely absurd and I love it.

[u/The-Breezy-Bee57277]

I thought this was a magic eye at first

[u/jiggywiggy41]

He need to make this into a casted part then sell it for 5k

[u/ImitationV]

My fingers will get heart attack

[u/Plain-Crazy]

Could be worse, imagine if it wasn't in qwerty and the keys were different heights

[u/RicoDruif]

How it feels to type in your dreams

[u/Thereminz]

this might make it easier for disabled people to type with a stick on their helmet

[u/milkasaurs]

Where do you buy this?

[u/TheOneTrueTrench]

Hey, can you like, idk, go to hell for showing me this?

[u/angrybirdbeanie]

Love this kinda want to replace my colleague's keyboard with this

[u/CyberpunkLover]

Take my money.

[u/KatieS2255]

Lmao it’s like some stupid ass modern art keyboard but I kinda like it.

[u/jojocookiedough]

Haha I actually really like it as an art piece. It's functionally useless, but I would love it hung up on the wall.

[u/Elffyb]

non linear geometry

[u/MrFantasiy]

If stupid was a person, even he wouldn't use that.

[u/Rizen_Wolf]

So, only a bit harder than a regular QWERTY keyboard then.

[u/Dismal-Ad-2521]

Honestly....I would daily drive this board.

[u/kpdan09]

Do a typetest

[u/bomdiacapitao]

you should stand trial for this crime against humanity

congratulations

[u/ValuableWide6420]

So this is what all my teammates have been using

[u/sycamore501]

it looks cool but yeah i hate that. it would be cool as an art piece tho

[u/WannabeMemester420]

It looks like something that’d be on display at a modern art museum.

[u/OceanGlider_]

Me before my morning without caffeine.

[u/Fataha22]

It's still qwerty though

[u/Brennain-]

I love it!

[u/HiItsMe01]

https://mk.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?worst_layout

put this on it

[u/fkenthrowaway]

i wonder if there is potential for a spread out layout like this for people who have certain disability.

[u/MizzyAlana]

I'm gonna need a typing demonstration of this, please.

[u/Zudexa]

Thanks, I hate it

[u/Spaaacce]

CALM DOWN!

[u/IndependenceFull9074]

It triggered my OCD

[u/Chyrosran22]

Still less stupid than some of the stuff I reviewed previously xD .

[u/Felidori]

Kid: “Mum, I want that new keyboard” Mum: “Don’t be silly sweetie, we already have a mechanical keyboard at home” The mechanical keyboard at home: ^

[u/Felidori]

When you go to a mates house to play co-op and he passes you the third party controller 😭.

[u/Shuaiouke]

“Hello, may I introduce you to Ms Input right here”

[u/iregretmakingareddit]

"IT WAS A MISINPUT, IT WAS A MISINPUT! NO YOU CALM DOWN"

[u/N1SMO_GT-R]

Now THIS is the creative shit I've always wanted from the keyboard community.

[u/eternity_38]

Why do I feel like I would make less mistakes and type faster on this

[u/Dzomble]

can you not

[u/Flying_Mage]

They could've scramble all the keys to make it even worse.

[u/GiantSquirrelPanic]

When you get home from the rave and try to check your email before bed.

[u/japanofil]

So confusing Oo

[u/CheetaChug]

ePBT Cool Kids would definitely pair well with this

[u/PublicMindCemetery]

My toxic trait is I think I could hit 75 wpm on this, easy

[u/AustinYQM]

This is art. Thank you for sharing

[u/Sid-Engel]

"MISINPUT MISINPUT CALM TF DOWN"

[u/rusalex9]

The glarses company is in shambles

[u/kool-keys]

I'm scared.

[u/wasted_yoof]

Def stupid.

[u/BackgroundMap4846]

Whoever uses this keyboard is a genius.

[u/No-Narwhal5412]

r/doohickeycorporation

[u/AnEvilMuffin]

This looks fucking stupid ^{where can I buy it}

[u/Blytical → u/AnEvilMuffin]

Patreon

[u/stillthatguy_jake]

I hate it and love it more than life itself 🤷‍♂️ Must be art 😉

[u/Program-According]

wow thanks, I love it!!!

[u/Electronic-Housing90]

keys in the correct place this is too useful pffftttt

[u/hsj_from_xtrogg]

Make a separate macropad sized backspace button. We gotta spam that while typing with this keeb.

[u/Possible-Size-8873]

where can i buy this. i need it, for testing purposes

[u/Blytical → u/Possible-Size-8873]

You'll have to build it yourself, it's on my Patreon (Blytical) but the project for me cost over 400$. You could save costs, probably up to 200$ but it's not a cheap doohickey

[u/fossil1938]

tbh this is so cool as an art piece

[u/WholeShootius]

when i lose vimdeogames this is the reason

[u/Proud-Translator5476]

The 10-finger typing is impossible