Kinda sad that #TEX are the only ones making external #TrackPoint #Keyboards.

https://tex.com.tw/collections/keyboard

• Maybe someone should ask #Sprintek to build a generic one themselves with like #USB / #PS2 interface to use it with, as a regular keyboard is too chonky on a #laptop?

I mean they [sell](SK8707-01) the trackpoint modules and rubber caps, and they do #OEM #Keyboards so worst-case one could do it like the #VaioP11Z or like #GPDwin have it mounted to the side.

#UltraNav #TrackpointGang #UltranavGang #TeamTrackpoint #TeamUltranav #PointingDevices #Keyboard #Mouse #PointingDevice

@arturo182 Pretty shure that'll pair greatly with a #UltraNav-Style #TrackPoint.

https://www.sprintek.com/en/products/pointing_stick/SK8707-01.aspx

@nickelson I have the opposite problem but you may want to consider the true, unofficial "successor" to the #CompactKeyboard with #UltraNav which allows you to swap #Ctrl & #Fn with a DIP-Switch:

The #TexShinobi!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H8o_-7bKIU

Basically just the PC-122 but with a #TrackPoint and without the #noise of a #ModelM.

• Cuz it really is a game changer...[Even if I can't copy the #UltraNav directly...

I'm just nor nerdy enough (or not in pain enough) to go with some DIY #Ergo / #Split board yet...

• And no, a 104+ Key is not a "100%" but a 90% board!

@technomancy I see you are a person,of culture as well...

#ThinkPad #UltraNav #Trackpoint #ClassicKeyboard

@fuchsiii @blinry I guess you want to get some more #UltraNav-enabled #Keyboards then...

https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii/114696207252409107

@fedora Sadly, #Lenovo wronged me as a professional when they refused to support their "#UbuntuCertified" #ThinkPad #P15v's #WWAN module ( #Fibocom #850GL, based on #Intel's #XMM7360 baseband).

• And that was a €3,5k+ professional device!

Add to that the discontinuation of any #wired - #USB "ThinkPad Compact Keyboard with #UltraNav" and the only reason I've not retired my #X230Tablet for a @frameworkcomputer / #Framework13 or god forbid some #DIY abomination is my belief in #UseLonger!

#ThinkPhone: 1* - does not come with #UltraNav!

https://www.ebay.de/itm/226555463338

#sarcasm #shitpost #tech #Smartphone #Enshittification #ThinkPad #Motorola

@mjdxp yeah - my #BigChungus misses a #TrackPoint, and I'll certainly need one too as I literally can't work without an #UltraNav-Style setup anymore!

• Granted "The Message" is that one's not forced to cram shit on a tiny desk but can afford a 100% Keyboard and mouse next to it!

@arichtman @discontinued people still #mod the shit out of #iPod|s to this day...

Personally, I want some device like that again...

Maybe make it the #ThinkPod with a #UltraNav-Style #Trackpoint instead and out of #Thinkpadnium or #Nokiante plastic, coz #ThinkPad and #Nokia are the most durable materials once known!

Source: https://hexbear.net/post/182319 , not @NanoRaptor

@radmin @tera @critakitty yeah, @frameworkcomputer refusing to make a #TrackPoint keyboard is kinda sad.

• Cuz it's not as if they can't make a call at #Sprintek and maybe even get a custom-coloured rubber cap just to avoid #Lenovo claiming they violate the #UltraNav design / trademark.

Not to mention this isn't unique to even #ThinkPad or #hp #ProBook or #Dell #Latitude & #Getac devices, but even #Sony (#Vaio #P11Z) and #GPD did so...

• I hope they at least got a holder-hole and lanyard loop option for the #Stylus like the #X230Tablet has...

The only things @frameworkcomputer could do better on the #Framework13 would be a toolfree-swappable battery (not feasible with current case design) and #Trackpoint-#Keyboard combo and mere 3 buttons instead of #Touchpad (totally feasible)...

• Cuz I need an #UltraNav-style Trackpoint and can't bear a Touchpad!

@ustralien So yeah I am sad that @frameworkcomputer didn't work out a deal with like #Sprintek to get a #Trackpoint into the #FrameworkLaptop and I'm pissed that #Lenovo discontinued their #ThinkPad #TrackPoint Keyboard for a new and #enshittified version that cost double the price of the #Bluetooth and triple the #wired version before and is #WirelessOnly aka. can't even be used via #USB without a shitty #dongle, making it basically impossible for me to use.

• So I've got to build the #NUCbook with a #CHONKY Keyboard to have an #UltraNav-Style Trackpoint!

Needless to say I'd still see #Framework & #Fairphone as the only options on the market right now if I had to buy stuff that is available right now!

@ustralien Sadly no, and that's my big disappointment!

@frameworkcomputer decided to choose the #Apple-esque "flat cells below #trackpad" design in the unreasonable #THINN-ness race instead of doing what even the #EeePC and #Sony's #Vaio #P11Z did and have a slot at the back to chug in batteries!

• I know why they did it, as a closed aluminium pan aka. "#lunchbox" design is easier to fabricate, but I'd rather some #ToolfreeSwappableBattery which are IMHO of more practicality than having the ability to swap out every port.

Not that I don't like those #modules, but I'd rather wish for a "#THICC-er" device if that gets me essentials like #Ethernet, #USB-A & -C as well as a #TRRS #HeadphoneJack / #HeadsetJack.

• I mean, I understand they won't make space for a underslung #Dock, a #Slimline - #ODD or god forbid #ExpressCard, and in terms of #tech I'd welcome #Thunderbolt over #OCuLink, but there's a reason I've not canceled the #NUCbook and if I didn't have to buy/procure #COTS products I'd likely just buy a #Pi500 with a #Powerbank and screen slapped on...

That being said the #Framework is still by a long margin the "least #enshittified" device on the market, and same goes for the #Fairphone devices...

• I just wished #FrameworkLaptop and Fairphone were just refusing the #Enshittification trend entirely, cuz I'd rather have a #Toughbook-Style device made out of #Thinkpadnium or even better #Nokianite than some fancy Aluminium stuff if that makes it more #repairable, #upradeable and espechally doesn't result in a #Downgrade.

Not to mention they don't have an #UltraNav-Style #Trackpoint and I do use that instead of a Trackpad.

• The only reason I'm not daily driving my #P11Z anymore is because until I got @OS1337 into a useable state it's hardware, which was already #LowEnd at launch, can barely run @bunsenlabs and thus is not an option for #DailyDriving #Linux #Desktop workflows anyways...

@deallocated no, it doesn't have an #UltraNav!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gb6x_duVXE

やっぱり #VersaPro も #UltraNav になったんですね #NEC

【.biz】NEC、Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360搭載のビジネス向けノート - PC Watch https://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/biz/1644853.html .

@qlp personally, I wished @frameworkcomputer would give #SprinTek a call and get themselves some #TrackPoint instead of the #TrackPad as an option.

• IDK maybe make it green or pink so neither #Lenovo (red) nor #hp (black) nor #Dell (blue) nor #Getac (orange) nor #Sony (gray) can complain.

They can't call it #UltraNav either but what about #SmolNav or #ProNav or something.

• Worst-case they'd have to make a "T H I C C" Edition with a #Perixx #Trackball instead.

#Trackpoints #Trackballs

@fuchsiii yeah, Lenovo didn't let you buy the #ThinkPad25 when you were like "#ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney!"...

I hope @frameworkcomputer will make a #Trackpoint + Keyboard top cover for the #Framework13 because that would be the final nail that would get me to retire my #X230Tablet...

#ThinkPad25 #ThinkPad #UltraNav #Lenovo #Laptop #Feamework #Framework13 #Trackpoint

@claudius personally, I wished @frameworkcomputer had partnered with #Sprintek to deliver basically the #ThinkPad Keyboard with #UltraNav-Style #Trackpoint because I do use that all the time!

@dushman @raccoon lucky you then...

Mostly heard of the deathadders dying.

I have a Sharkoon Fireglider and otherwise can recommend the Microsoft 4500 and Logitech M90.

In fact, the Logitech MK120 is the go-to-kit I recommend normies...

• Unless they specifically demand something different, like a 100% Board or something with Trackpoint cuz Lenovo fucked up and canceled the Compact Keyboard with #UltraNav (USB) in lieu of a #wireless-only variant that costs 2x as much as the #Bluetooth predecessor and 3x as much as the #wired-#USB predecessor...