Re: Mouse single click handling?
On Thu, 21 Dec 2023, at 13:36, songbird wrote:
> i've
> already worn some of letters off the keys. :( but, well, i got
> it on sale for about $30 so i really can't complain.
For years I've used Dymo labels to replace keyboard legends.
(Not the 1960s/1970s thick 3d labels, but 'printed' ones). After
sticking individual letters onto keytops (usually using tweezers
to position them as accurately as possible) I put mutiple coats
of clear nail varnish over them - which seems to lengthen their
life & help to hold down the edges of the stickers.
When they eventually need replaced it's sometimes difficult
to get a Dymo letter off a key, needing something sharp (eg
a needle or scalpel) to lift the sticky label off the key.
Then I clean the key with isopropyl alcohol (as used eg for
cleaning heads on tape recorders), & make & attach a new
label.
Mostly I use Dymo media corresponding to the colour
scheme of the original keyboard, but - eg on a laptop
which has white legends on black keys - I've replaced
some legends with "black print on yellow tape" labels
which are much easier to see and provide me with a
few visual landmarks on the keyboard ... which helps me
when I don't yet quite need to put a room light on.
I keep hoping that my next laptop will have a backlit
keyboard but very often the machines I choose (for
other higher-priority criteria) don't have them.
I've also tried a few clip-on mini lights (plugged into a
spare USB socket) but many such lights come with poor
quality clips &/ cables that are too short to reach the
USB socket of choice (or indeed any USB socket).
--
Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.
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