{"id":61888,"date":"2024-07-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=c55d8d748d80816c67ed4dcdaac73d44"},"modified":"2024-07-16T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:00:00","slug":"how-the-stream-deck-rose-from-the-ashes-of-a-legendary-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=61888","title":{"rendered":"How the Stream Deck rose from the ashes of a legendary keyboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/c\/features\/24191410\/elgato-stream-deck-art-lebedev-optimus-maximus-keyboard-retrospective\">The Verge -  All Posts<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color : #fff7d5;\n\t\t\tborder-width : 1px; padding : 5px; border-style : dashed; border-color : #e7d796;margin-bottom : 1em; color : #9a8c59;\">Article note: Oh man, I remember the hype around the Art Lebedev Optimius keyboards, and tracing this line is the kind of thing I do for fun.<\/div><figure>\n      <img alt=\"3D render of a keyboard with LED screens for keys.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/XWU3pBAoa9vyQ_PMapsrveNMJlo=\/0x0:2040x1360\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/73463553\/247107_KEYBOARDS_CHORUS_LEDE_RPARRY.0.jpg\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <figcaption>Image: Richard Parry for The Verge<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n  <p>Back in 2005, a small firm offered a tantalizing vision of the future of computer keyboards. <\/p>\n<p>What if your keyboard was filled with tiny screens that showed you exactly what any given press would do, each built into a crystal-clear key? The keys would morph and shift as you needed, transforming from letters and numbers to full-color icons and app shortcuts, depending on what you were doing.<\/p>\n<p>Readers and tech bloggers adored the idea. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s about time someone shook up this stagnant keyboard market,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20050729090327\/http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/entry\/1234000740050460\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declared <em>Engadget<\/em><\/a>. &ldquo;The concept is fantastic,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20050829024522\/http:\/\/www.gizmodo.com\/gadgets\/peripherals\/input\/index.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote <em>Gizmodo<\/em><\/a>. <em>Slashdot <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/slashdot.org\/story\/05\/07\/14\/1335215\/optimus-keyboard-with-oled-display-keys\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lit up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The keyboard was just a concept, dreamed up by Art Lebedev, a Russian design firm, and it was an ambitious idea at that: called the Optimus Maximus, it would require...<\/p>\n  <p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/c\/features\/24191410\/elgato-stream-deck-art-lebedev-optimus-maximus-keyboard-retrospective\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading&hellip;<\/a>\n  <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Richard Parry for The Verge<\/p>\n<p>  Back in 2005, a small firm offere&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=61888\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}