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The Microsoft Natural keyboard, a revolution in keyboard.

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The Microsoft Natural Keyboard, introduced in 1994.This keyboard made ergonomic keyboard popular, and also innovative isintegratedwrist pad.

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The keyboard also introduced the❖ Window keyand▤ Menu keyfor the first time, forMicrosoft Windows 95.

[see Keyboard Menu/App Key]

It was designed for Microsoft by Ziba Design.

Although it was not the first ergonomic keyboard, itwas the first widely available sub-$100 offering.[2] The keyboard gainedpopularity quickly, selling over 600,000 per month at its peak.[1]

As with most Microsoft keyboards, software (Microsoft IntelliType) is bundled for both Mac OS X and Windows, allowing users to customize the function keys and modify keys fairly extensively.

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[from WikipediaMicrosoft Natural keyboard]

Microsoft Ergo Success, Apple Failure

The ergonomic keyboard revolution is due to Microsoft.Apple made one a year before, but failed.This is one rare instance where Apple's innovation failed but Microsoft succeeds.

Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite

The Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite, introduced in 1998, discontinued around 2014.

The new arrow key arrangement sucked major. There's a big distance between the up and down arrow keys, very bad. Try play Pacman with it.

Also, the vertical home/end key cluster is unsettling.

[see Keyboard Home/End Keys Arrangement]

Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro

The second iteration was the Natural Keyboard Pro, introduced in 1999.The Natural Keyboard Pro retained the original inverted-T layout of thecursor keys, and gained a row of program shortcut keys along the top edgeof the board, including multimedia keys and Power management keys. In versionsof Windows prior to Windows Vista, Microsoft's Intellitype software isrequired to configure the behavior of the shortcut keys. Vista and Windows7 have the ability to customize shortcut key behavior without additionalsoftware when using the “internet keyboard” keyboard layout. Some othermodern operating systems, such as FreeBSD and most Linux distributions,have comparable configuration options. The Natural Keyboard Pro also includedan internal two-port USB hub, which was commonly used to connect otherinput devices such as a mouse or trackball, but this was dropped in subsequentiterations.

Microsoft Wireless Natural Multimedia keyboard

This keyboard is nice. The multimedia keys, in their distinctive shape and size, are nice. Easy to recognize, easy to press.

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Multimedia Keys Pc Mac Free

I used this one for 5 years.

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Multimedia Keys Pc Mac Version

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000

This, a significant redesign. But, overall, may be worse.

Enterprise-level toolsWord 2011 has significantly improved collaboration tools, making it obvious that Microsoft now considers Word for Mac, and thereby the Mac itself, to be an enterprise-level work tool. And because you’re able to hide the Ribbon, you can get it out of the way when all you want to work with are words.King of the Word: Word’s new UI unifies the interface between Mac and Windows versions and offers Spotlight-like find and replace tools. If you'd rather not use the Ribbon, you can hide it.While initially the Ribbon may seem daunting to master, in practice I found that I wasn’t wasting time looking for the tools I needed to get my work done. Microsoft word formatting changes between mac and windows versions. The Ribbon contains everything you need to resize, color correct, wrap text around, or otherwise format that image.

  • The multimedia keys, and extra launch buttons at top, are worse. Now they are the same shape, harder to distinguish by sight or by feel. The button tactile quality is also worse than the previous version. Now they are harder to know if registered.
  • Added a new zoom button in middle. Nice.
  • Added a browser back and forth buttons, below the space bar. Nice.

There's a critical problem: the space bar is very strong resistance.

Also, the digit key 1, is also harder to press somehow.This got me Repetitive Strain Injury in 2010.SeeProgramer Hand Health: vi Esc Key Syndrome

2 years later, in 2012, i got another bout of Repetitive Strain Injury when using this keyboard. This time, it's the key x.SeeThe Roadmap to Completely Replace Emacs's Key System, Part 1

Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Functions

Then, still later, i got more hand semi-pain, and i suspect it's due to the Stiff spacebar. I went back to the previous keyboard, but soon gotTruly Ergonomic Keyboard.

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