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Develop a hygienic keyboard

160 points posted to Accessories (Keyboards, etc.) by badblood Jun 3 **ALREADY OFFERED**

Look down at your keyboard. Have a real close look. Get your face right close. You know how filthy that thing is?

Please see dawn_l's comment

jdelidc Jun 3	i thought the keyboard on my 95 machine looked bad
paperpilot Jun 3	I would buy a new keyboard. If this user's keyboard in in this shape, I wouldn't want to be using his code.
phubert Jun 3	Need better vacuums, I think... and a TOP that pops-off for cleaning! ** Why don't you change this suggestion to say: "Develop a snap-apart keyboard for easier CLEANING!"
paperpilot Jun 3	I don't like the snap-apart keyboards. Users are always putting the keys back in the wrong places.
kenjennings Jun 3	Talk about your own keyboard. I lick my keyboard clean every other day. Looks as good as new. ;-)
phubert Jun 3	But, isn't that the USERs' problem, then, paperpilot? I mean, let 'em live with their own mistakes.
paperpilot Jun 3	@phubert you don't understand. When they are writing code for you, it quickly becomes your problem.
phubert Jun 3	your USERS are PROGRAMMERS? They write code FOR YOU????
sugarbear Jun 3	That`s an interesting concept phubert. Maybe a light spraying of Lysol would help you. Antibacterial keyboards are already in existance.
badblood Jun 4	pictures gone. Don't they get it, Stalin's dead.
natakuc4 Jun 4	Hmmm a brush does the job.
paperpilot Jun 4	@phubert my USERS are PROGRAMMERS? They write code for the customer, using my tools. If the customer is unhappy, I get to hear about it and it becomes my problem.
phubert Jun 4	Gotcha. Never heard of BREAKING THEIR FINGERS??? BAAAAD programmer! WHACK!!
jackie_c Jun 4	@badblood: I sent you an email in regards to the picture, but I received a bounceback. Can you please check your email address on IdeaStorm to make sure it is correct? Thanks!
bbr Jun 5	Just clean your keyboard regularly. It only gets dirty because you don't clean it.
jesse_l Jun 5	I see that they are gaining popularity in hospitals in England. I do like the idea.
dawn_l Jun 5	Badblood- We do have a couple of different options now. Is this what you mean... or do you have something else in mind? Keyboards- http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=hea&c=us&l=en&cs=RC968571&k=sealed%20ke...~ Covers- http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=hea&c=us&l=en&cs=RC968571&k=keyboard+co... You also might enjoy this recent discussion from John on washing keyboards: http://yourblog.direct2dell.com/2008/05/30/the-keyboard-concern/
paperpilot Jun 5	Yeah, there are dishwasher safe and sterilizable keyboards, but they cost as much as the rest of the computer. I liked the stainless steel keyboard and track ball, but it's over $1000..
badblood Jun 6	dawn_I I stand corrected. This is already offered and the idea can be deleted!
jackie_c Jun 6	Changed status to ALREADY OFFERED.
chrisant Jul 4	I have owned 4 Dell laptops, and my wife has owned 3. I also own a dog. I am constantly needing to try to pull dog hairs out from between the keys on the laptops (the hairs even interfere with pressing keys). Cookie crumbs are a problem too. I want an illuminated hygienic keyboard built into my laptop. On further thought, no, what I really want is to see new keyboard design and/or construction technology that makes them less susceptible to problems from random particles getting into the keyboard mechanisms. Thanks to looking up this thread I now know that I can get an after market keyboard cover, and that will help me for my next laptop, but I'd still like to see keyboard technology improve so that we have a keyboard technology that is all of these things: inherently hygienic, illuminated, and still has good tactile feel and response.
phubert Jul 7	"On further thought, no, what I really want is to see new keyboard design and/or construction technology that makes them less susceptible to problems from random particles getting into the keyboard mechanisms. " It would be nice to see THAT for DESKTOPS as well... cookie crumbs! LOL ... in this case, crackers...
badblood Jul 7	might be an idea for Dell to provide basic hygiene lessons to their customers
phubert Jul 7	you mean! Don't SNACK around your KEYBOARD??!!!! Ghastly!
sugarbear Jul 7	It`s just reality. People eat around and over the keyboard. I`m eating Cheesies now.
bbr Jul 8	There's finger nails, skin cells, dust, hairs of different lengths, apple juice, bread crumbs, cookie crumbs, and a whole lot more stuff in my keyboard. It's like a micro cosmos on it's own. If i had a magnifying glass i bet i could see things moving in it.
phubert Jul 8	:-D Yes, I'm sure MOST of us could! :lol:

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