DealBITS Drawing: Matias OS X Keyboard Winners
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DealBITS Drawing: Matias OS X Keyboard
DealBITS Drawing: Matias OS X Keyboard
06/17/2005 05:46 PMAdam C. Engst (~410 words)
A little over a year ago, I reviewed the
Matias Tactile Pro keyboard, which uses Alps mechanical switches to
provide a "clicky" feel that many people, myself included,
really like. Now Matias has a new keyboard - the OS X Keyboard - that
addresses two common complaints with the Tactile Pro. First, the
Tactile Pro is relatively expensive at $99.95, whereas the OS X
Keyboard costs only $29.95. Second, the Tactile Pro is rather loud
thanks to those clicky keys, and some people (or their office-mates)
find the noise annoying. In contrast, the OS X Keyboard, short of
occasional clicks from its Spacebar, is far quieter. The OS X Keyboard
also hides the seldom-used Caps Lock key down in the cluster of
modifier keys to the right of the Spacebar (replacing it with a
Control key above Shift), prints the appropriate symbols on the
modifier keys in addition to the Option characters on all alphanumeric
keys, and arranges the three volume keys (mute, up, down) in a line
between the Help/Home/Pg Up row and F13/F14/F15. But (there's always a
"but," isn't there?), the OS X Keyboard uses rubber dome
switches instead of Alps mechanical switches, and as such, doesn't
have nearly as nice a feel as the Tactile Pro. It's comparable to the
Apple Pro Keyboard, other than a somewhat looser Spacebar. In terms of
construction, it's white plastic, and is quite light; it doesn't have
the tank-like feel of the Tactile Pro. Overall, the OS X Keyboard
hasn't rocked my world, but it seems to be a decent, inexpensive
keyboard that might be a good choice for anyone buying a Mac mini or
looking for a backup or replacement keyboard.
DealBITS Drawing: GoodPage Winners
DealBITS Drawing: GoodPage Winners
03/28/2005 11:20 PMAdam C. Engst (~200 words)
DealBITS Drawing: GoodPage
Winners -- Congratulations to Dana Ostrow of columbia.edu,
whose entry was chosen randomly in last week's DealBITS drawing and
who received a copy of TARI's GoodPage graphical HTML authoring tool,
worth $149. Dana was referred to this week's DealBITS drawing by Seth
Theriault of sdf.lonestar.org, and as such, Seth will also be
receiving a copy of GoodPage. Even if you didn't win, you can save $75
off the list price of GoodPage through 04-Apr-05 using the coupon code
DEALBITS when purchasing from within the 30-day trial version of the
application; this offer is exclusive to TidBITS readers. Thanks to the
945 people who entered, extra thanks to the 87 people who entered
after being referred to DealBITS, and for those of you who subscribed
after entering DealBITS, welcome to TidBITS! Keep an eye out for
future DealBITS drawings, and remember that telling your friends,
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your chances of receiving a prize; nearly 10 percent of our entries
this time came from people who learned about DealBITS from a friend,
and I'd like to see that increase. [ACE]
DealBITS Drawing: PDFpenPro Winners
DealBITS Drawing: PDFpenPro Winners
04/18/2005 06:45 PMAdam C. Engst (~150 words)
DealBITS Drawing: PDFpenPro
Winners -- Congratulations to Kevin Wong of
csua.berkeley.edu, Rick Jarnat of earthlink.net, and Ferd Diemer of
lycos.com, whose entries were chosen randomly in last week's DealBITS
drawing and who each received a copy of SmileOnMyMac's PDFpenPro PDF
editing utility, worth $94.95. Even if you didn't win, you can save 10
percent off the purchase price of either PDFpen ($49.95 for those who
don't need to create PDF forms) or PDFpenPro using the URL below; this
offer is open to all TidBITS readers. Thanks to the 746 people who
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DealBITS Drawing: PublicVPN Winners
DealBITS Drawing: PublicVPN Winners
06/05/2005 11:45 PMAdam C. Engst (~100 words)
DealBITS Drawing: PublicVPN
Winners -- Congratulations to Diane Palumbo of gmail.com and
Philip Hudson of spamgourmet.com, whose entries were chosen randomly
in last week's DealBITS drawing and who each received 3 months of
PublicVPN service, worth $17.85. Even if you didn't win, you can save
10 percent off the cost of PublicVPN service if you sign up before
30-May-05 using coupon code "dealbits10" (sans quotes, of
course); this offer is open to all TidBITS readers. Thanks to the 230
people who entered. Keep an eye out for future DealBITS drawings.
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DealBITS Drawing: FMChecker Winners
(06-Sep-2004; 0.9K)
DealBITS Drawing: FMChecker Winners
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09/06/2004 09:56 PMDealBITS Drawing: Audio Hijack Pro
Winners
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12/19/2004 02:49 PMDealBITS Drawing: disclabel Winners
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07/12/2004 08:47 PMDealBITS Drawing: Interarchy Winners
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03/08/2004 11:05 PMDealBITS Drawing: DLexpo VIP Pass
Winners (16-Aug-2004; 1K)
DealBITS Drawing: DLexpo VIP Pass
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08/16/2004 08:01 PMDealBITS Drawing: Mail Factory Winners
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DealBITS Drawing: Mail Factory Winners
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08/27/2004 01:31 PMDealBITS Drawing: GarageSale
DealBITS Drawing: GarageSale
12/22/2004 01:28 AMDealBITS Drawing: Interarchy 7.0
(01-Mar-2004; 1.8K)
DealBITS Drawing: Interarchy 7.0
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03/06/2004 01:50 AMDealBITS Drawing: SmileOnMyMac's
PDFpenPro
DealBITS Drawing: SmileOnMyMac's
PDFpenPro
04/11/2005 08:22 PMAdam C. Engst (~360 words)
About a year ago, in one of our earliest
DealBITS drawings, we gave away a few copies of SmileOnMyMac's PDFpen
software, which enables you to manipulate PDF files in a variety of
ways. SmileOnMyMac has now updated PDFpen to version 2 and released
PDFpenPro, which builds upon PDFpen by enabling you to create
interactive PDF forms. Both programs let you merge PDFs, rearrange and
delete pages, add text (for filling in non-interactive forms) and
graphics (such as signatures), and more. PDFpen 2 improves the
program's performance and adds the extremely useful capability of
searching for, selecting, and copying text from PDF documents.
Macworld gave PDFpen 4 mice in a recent review.
DealBITS Drawing: MaxSleeve and iProtect
DealBITS Drawing: MaxSleeve and iProtect
04/18/2005 06:45 PMAdam C. Engst (~360 words)
My main laptop bag holds so much that I'm
tempted to pack a lot more than I need much of the time, and the end
result is that my svelte little 12-inch PowerBook G4 ends up being
only a fraction of the overall weight I carry. For an outing where I
don't want all my gear, or, in fact, anything but the laptop itself,
I've just started using a MaxSleeve from MaxUpgrades. It's a sleek
black bag made of a dense polyurethane foam, and my PowerBook fits
snugly inside. A pair of zippers enable you to close it, and the
zippers are on the outside so they never come in contact with the
surface of the PowerBook. MaxUpgrades also sent me their iProtect
cloth, which is a microfiber cloth you can use to prevent finger oils
on your keycaps from marring the LCD screen surface when your laptop
is closed; it's also designed to clean sensitive LCD screens without
scratching.
DealBITS Drawing: Cocoatech
(19-Jan-2004; 1.6K)
DealBITS Drawing: Cocoatech
(19-Jan-2004; 1.6K)
01/22/2004 02:38 AMDealBITS Drawing: FMChecker
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DealBITS Drawing: FMChecker
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08/30/2004 10:39 PMDealBITS Drawing: TARI's GoodPage
DealBITS Drawing: TARI's GoodPage
03/22/2005 04:59 PMAdam C. Engst (~560 words)
In the early days of the Web, we saw the
rise of simple graphical HTML editors like Claris HomePage, Symantec's
Visual Page, and Adobe's PageMill. Those applications defined a useful
niche between the text-only HTML editors like BBEdit (still preferred
by many) and the powerful (and expensive) Web authoring tools like
Adobe GoLive and Macromedia Dreamweaver. Useful and obvious though
that niche may have been, all those early programs died off, leaving
many people using programs with which they were uncomfortable. A few
low-end Web authoring tools have popped up over the years, but none
has become as well-known as those first programs.
DealBITS Drawing: SmileOnMyMac's
photoprinto
DealBITS Drawing: SmileOnMyMac's
photoprinto
02/01/2005 08:55 PMDealBITS Drawing: disclabel from
SmileOnMyMac (05-Jul-2004; 1.6K)
DealBITS Drawing: disclabel from
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07/05/2004 08:48 PMDealBITS Drawing: Cocoatech Winner
(26-Jan-2004; 1K)
DealBITS Drawing: Cocoatech Winner
(26-Jan-2004; 1K)
01/26/2004 09:50 PMNew: Matias OS X Keyboard
New: Matias OS X Keyboard
01/06/2005 11:49 AMMatias' OS X Keyboard provides Option and Shift-Option key characters
printed directly on the key caps along with the standard characters.
DealBITS Drawing: Autographed Spam
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DealBITS Drawing: Autographed Spam
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04/09/2004 04:01 PMDealBITS Drawing: DLexpo Free Passes
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DealBITS Drawing: DLexpo Free Passes
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08/09/2004 08:27 PMDealBITS Drawing: Insider Software
Winner (05-Jan-2004; 1.1K)
DealBITS Drawing: Insider Software
Winner (05-Jan-2004; 1.1K)
01/07/2004 05:38 PMDealBITS Drawing: BeLight's Mail Factory
(16-Aug-2004; 2.3K)
DealBITS Drawing: BeLight's Mail Factory
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08/16/2004 08:01 PMMatias Tactile Pro Keyboard Review
Matias Tactile Pro Keyboard Review
06/01/2004 02:06 PMMatias Corporation's Tactile Pro
Keyboard
Matias Corporation's Tactile Pro
Keyboard
06/01/2004 09:55 PMJoin the mechanical keyswitch crusade and not only will your keyboard
enjoyment factor go through the roof, but your co-workers or
significant other will never question your productivity again. By
Derek Warren (via MyAppleMenu)
Matias to debut keyboard with extra
Control key
Matias to debut keyboard with extra
Control key
01/05/2005 07:31 PMMatias today announced the OS X Keyboard, which features an extra
Control key (where Caps Lock normally is) along with features
inherited from its popular Tactile Pro keyboard...
Macworld: Matias introduces new Tactile
Pro keyboard
Macworld: Matias introduces new Tactile
Pro keyboard
01/05/2004 03:41 AMMany long-time Mac users fondly remember Apple's original Extended
Keyboard. Not too long ago, Canadian computer accessories company
Matias Corp. appealed
to those nostalgic feelings with their Tactile Pro Keyboard, which
uses the same mechanical keyswitch technology as the Extended
Keyboard. Now the company has introduced a Tactile Pro Keyboard with
an Option Key Caps feature.
New Matias keyboard labels special
characters
New Matias keyboard labels special
characters
01/05/2005 07:01 PMMatias, which produces the well-known Half Keyboard, has shipped its
new OS X Keyboard, an addition to its product line that labels the
keys required to produce the Euro, copyright, trademark and other
symbols used on a regular basis. In addition, it marks the keys that
correspond with the symbols used by many applications to denote menu
shortcuts. The OS X Keyboard also features extra Tab and Control keys,
standard volume and eject keys, rubber dome keyswitches for quieter
operation and a two-port USB hub. Pricing is US$39.95.
Drawing in Flash: A Beginner's
Introduction to the Flash MX 2004
Drawing Tools
Drawing in Flash: A Beginner's
Introduction to the Flash MX 2004
Drawing Tools
09/24/2004 08:03 PMTake a guided tour through the Flash Tools panel as you draw a simple
illustration.
Keyboard Viewer recognizes mutliple
keyboard types
Keyboard Viewer recognizes mutliple
keyboard types
04/27/2004 11:33 AMIf you connect a second keyboard to OS X (like me with a Tibook and
external keyboard), the Keyboard Viewer (as described in this hint
automatically recognizes on which keyboard you type on, and displays
the exact layout of t...
Apple's Bluetooth Keyboard V. MacAlly's
NetKey Keyboard
Apple's Bluetooth Keyboard V. MacAlly's
NetKey Keyboard
11/04/2003 01:57 AMApple's keyboard is the winner, but not by a lot. The MacAlly keyboard
really falls short without the regular arrow keys, and the scroll
wheel isn't terribly useful. By Tito Jankowski (The Mac Mind via
MyAppleMenu)
Virtual Keyboard Replacement: Cool
Keyboard
Virtual Keyboard Replacement: Cool
Keyboard
02/10/2004 09:25 AMMatias Sponsoring TidBITS (12-Apr-2004;
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Matias Sponsoring TidBITS (12-Apr-2004;
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04/12/2004 08:39 PMMatias debuts new iPod Armor case, more
Matias debuts new iPod Armor case, more
01/05/2004 01:12 AMMatias Corp. has announced a new iPod Armor aluminum hard case that
sports docking port access and is compatible with every iPod Apple has
shipped...
Matias Offers iPod Armor Mini
Matias Offers iPod Armor Mini
06/02/2004 12:48 AMBy MacNN (via MyAppleMenu)
Aluminum iPod mini carry case available
from Matias
Aluminum iPod mini carry case available
from Matias
06/01/2004 03:37 PMMatias Corp. has introduced the
iPod Armor
mini, a new aluminum hard case for Apple's iPod mini. The iPod
Armor mini sports a hard ABS plastic window to protect the iPod's
screen, and provides access to the docking port. It'll also work with
Griffin's iTrip FM transmitter, according to Matias. Bundled with a
belt clip, the iPod Armor mini sells for US$49.95.
Matias releases clear hardcase for iPod
mini
Matias releases clear hardcase for iPod
mini
08/31/2004 12:31 AMMatias has released its new iPod Armor mini case for Apple's iPod
mini...
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