Some personal stuff - and prototypes building!


I wonder if the marks in the plastic are less visible with light colored plastic... Maybe it's told in the video but I had to see it without audio.
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Like a retro-cream colour? ;) I think that has been mentioned before as helping. In the video only transparent or stone-effect cases were mentioned.

To be honest, they all look fine. If there are a few imperfections to begin with then I'll feel more inclined to use my Pyra without feeling I need a protective case or handle it with gloves on.

With all the parts assembled and lights on, I even doubt that anyone would notice them anyway, unless specifically looking for them.
 
Incidentally, do I take it that this focus on perfecting the case moulding process means that the shoulder buttons (replete with springs?) are now working perfectly?
 
Not really a fan of the glitter case. Might be the lighting though in addition to the base gray used there being too bright for my taste either way, though.
Good paint could work fine in the end. I suppose you just need someone who knows what they're doing on that end, so button tolerances vs. paint thickness is actual kept in mind.

I also had a dumb thought of injecting a mostly closed case shape and then punching out the button parts evenly. But I doubt that's practical in way..
 
Stone effect + black|charcoal grey = basalt? That may be nice. I suppose the new Pyra will look "used".
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Transparent would be cool, but nobody knows how long it will look cool: I carry my Pandora in my Pockets and its dosnt look that good anymore, and scratches and wear on a Transparent Case would be look much worse,
also there is this issue of light leaking..
Yes, the issue of light leaking is the main reason we can't have transparent keyboard sections; the LEDs between the keys designed to emit a warm glow to each of the keys would instead beam straight out at you and overwhelm any light coming through the keys; bright but non-backlit keyboard all of a sudden.

I can imagine carefully crafted tinfoil inserted between the white paint and the back of the button holes might be an acceptable solution. I'd have to check what traces are around there though; you really don't want a short through tinfoil if you can avoid it.

Edit: Actually, thinking it through hopefully a little clearer, you wouldn't see the LEDs and they wouldn't be beaming out at you in spite of the clear case, because they keymat will be in the way. I guess light leaking from the edges is still a problem though.
 
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I can imagine carefully crafted tinfoil inserted between the white paint and the back of the button holes might be an acceptable solution. I'd have to check what traces are around there though; you really don't want a short through tinfoil if you can avoid it.
Not a bad idea, but something non-conductive would be better there. Something thin, optically reflective or white on one side yet opaque and non-conductive. Hmm... Tyvek?
 
I still like the completely transparent case best. The older among us remember гла́сность.
 
The stone pyra looks fantastic! But wish you could tone down the glitter just a little bit. I'm getting really excited for the Pyra seeing that case. Hoping it will come out this year |-)
 
If the lines are only aesthetic, I think adding fibres so that there is more going on would "solve" the problem.

Edit: Liking the marbled look. Good hack.

Edit2: How about rounding the edges for the screen cable.

) cable ( instead of | cable |

as it bends, it would catch on the 90 degree edge of the slit, ever so slightly, but friction can be reduced?
 
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Ah right. Literally as far as I can tell the closest translation for glasnost is openness. For transparency, I think you might want прозра́чность, but I see what you were aiming for.
 
Whilst I appreciate ED wanting perfection and exploring different options for improving the case, I was a little amused by the switch controllers when they arrived. I think some of this is wear now but there was a noticeable 'defect' in the plastic.
The best bit is now I understand why those marks appear.
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If people have ideas on how to fix and are excited to get it done, I'm happy that they're working on it. Don't feel defeated if there are minor marks in the first couple of batches.
 
I'd take any of those cases in the video if it means mass production starts this summer, they're all fine IMO (that's assuming nothing else would cause major stalling instead). Then again I probably won't care about keyboard backlighting (just like for "real" keyboards, because I touch type) and will disable it as soon as possible, so transparent isn't a problem for me …

(Disclaimer: I've been holding off on buying a smartphone for over a year because from my perspective it always looked like Pyra production might be starting the following half year ☹)
 
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