Will,

And what about a keyboard that is able to give the user a small electrical (electrostatic?) discharge, he/she won't miss it!

As the user makes more mistakes we can increase the power of the discharge, and the user will learn faster!

Hugo :-)


>>>Can't you use sound instead of messing with the keyboard lights?
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>>What is a computer doesn't have a sound card? My at work doesn't...
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>Yes that's true, but most reputable Pc's can produce at least some kind of beep
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>I just seems to me that flashing numlock lights etc is a non standard way of reporting incorrect keyboard input, Also i'm not sure the user would see them any better than say a Flashing red bar at the bottom of the screen (even though I don't like this idea either!)
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>Other ways to alert the user :-)
>Open & close the CD Tray
>Grind the A: Drive
>Change monitor resolution so you get that Gnuung noise
>Find a way to press the DeGauss button (Oh yeah)
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>that's all I can think of...
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>Oh yeah..last one.. buy a sound card! :}