I did the same thing to a very old keyboard that had a membrane like that. My experience:
* It couldn't roll-up because (as you can see in that picture) there is a relatively heavy circuit board attached, and you have to constantly worry about tearing the thin plastic.
* The lack of tactile feedback causes you to constantly look down and miss keys; try this: drum your fingertips against the desk at about 50WPM. It gets old quick, yeah?
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I did the same thing to a very old keyboard that had a membrane like that. My experience:
* It couldn't roll-up because (as you can see in that picture) there is a relatively heavy circuit board attached, and you have to constantly worry about tearing the thin plastic.
* The lack of tactile feedback causes you to constantly look down and miss keys; try this: drum your fingertips against the desk at about 50WPM. It gets old quick, yeah?
In the end, I just had a very broken keyboard.
Some good points there, MEAT!
I just glue a set of keycaps to my fingers... I mean, why carry around 101 keycaps, when you only use a few at a time.