Editing Matias Tactile Pro 3

{{infobox dkeyboard
| pn           = 
| image name   = Matias Tactile Pro 3 -- top.jpg
| branding     = [[Matias Corporation]]
| manufacturer = [[Costar]]
| switch       = [[Forward SKBM White]]/[[Xiang Min KSB-LE]], [[Matias click]]
| rollover     = 6KRO
| layouts      = 108-key Macintosh (US ANSI, UK ISO, German ISO, Japanese JIS)
| interface    = [[USB]]
| weight       = 1249 g<ref name="intl-intro" />
| introduced   = 2010-01
| discontinued = 2012
| price        = US$149.95
| model        = FK302<br>FK302-UK<br>FK302-DE<br>FK302-JP
| fcc          = 
| supersedes   = [[Matias Tactile Pro 2.0]]
| precedes     = [[Matias Tactile Pro 4]]
| features     = 3-port USB 2.0 hub<br>Extended ASCII legends
| website      = http://www.matias.ca/tactilepro3/
| keycaps      = Laser-etched cylindrical
| dimensions   = 460 × 165 × 35 mm<ref name="intl-intro" />
}}

The '''Tactile Pro 3''' is the third generation of the [[Matias Tactile Pro]] series of keyboards.

==Description==
With the Tactile Pro 3, manufacturing was transferred to [[Costar]], after disastrous problems with the [[Strong Man]]-made predecessor, the [[Matias Tactile Pro 2.0|Tactile Pro 2.0]]. The new Tactile Pro 3 was produced as a Macintosh keyboard only, marking the end of the short-lived ''Optimizer'' functionality for PCs. The branding was removed from the redesigned case, which sported more refined lines, moving away somewhat from the Tactile Pro 2.0's heavily Apple-inspired design. Perhaps in line with Apple's own revisions, the [[power button]] was removed from the keyboard.

The Tactile Pro 3 continued to use clicky Forward SKBM series switches, now [[Forward SKBM White]]. The [[lock key]]s, with integrated LEDs, used green [[Xiang Min KSB-LE]] linear LED switches, which led to customer complaints and returned products owing to misunderstandings that these three keys were never intended to click. In late 2012, Matias completed development of the [[Matias switch]] series; the objective was to begin using these with the then-new [[Matias Tactile Pro 4|Tactile Pro 4]], but as the last SKBM switches were used up, the final Tactile Pro keyboards were shipped with the new Matias switches. This transition also finally removed the inability to have tactile feedback from indicator keys.

Being a Macintosh keyboard, only the [[caps lock]] [[keycap]] has an LED window; the LEDs within the num lock and scroll lock keys shine out through the keycap plastic when these lock functions are used on a PC.

The keyboard has an integrated three-port USB 2.0 hub, and [[Rollover, blocking and ghosting|6-key rollover]] over USB. The keyboard was marketed as having N-key rollover, but as the keyboard does not knowingly support PS/2, nor any rollover enhancements, the full N-key rollover is not available. The Tactile Pro 4 increased the rollover to 10KRO.

Given the lack of a Windows version, Matias supply a compiled [[AutoHotkey]] "driver" script for [[Microsoft Windows]] to swap the [[command key]]s and [[option key]]s to have the [[Windows key|Windows]] and [[alt key]]s correctly positioned.

==Versions==
The UK, German and Japanese versions were collectively announced on the 9th of March 2011.<ref name="intl-intro" />

{| class="wikitable"
! Layout       !! Model number !! Introduced
|-
| US ANSI      || FK302        || 2010-01
|-
| UK USO       || FK302-UK     || 2011-03-09
|-
| German ISO   || FK302-DE     || 2011-03-09
|-
| Japanese JIS || FK302-JP     || 2011-03-09
|}

==Variants==
===White===
This was the standard Macintosh model.

===Silver and Black Edition===
This was a limited edition run using black keycaps and a silver case.

==Gallery==
===White UK ISO===
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:Matias Tactile Pro 3 -- top.jpg                    | Top
File:Matias Tactile Pro 3 -- rear.jpg                   | Rear
File:Matias Tactile Pro 3 -- LHS USB port.jpg           | Left-hand side USB port
File:Matias Tactile Pro 3 -- RHS USB ports.jpg          | Right-hand side USB ports (2)
File:Matias Tactile Pro 3 -- bottom.jpg                 | Bottom, showing the gloss surface finish of the transparent polycarbonate shell
File:Matias Tactile Pro 3.jpg                           | All three LEDs lit; escape keycap is from a Filco keyboard
File:Fukka switches in the Tactile Pro 3.jpg            | LED keys use [[Xiang Min KSB-LE]] switches; other keys use [[Forward SKBM White]] switches
File:Matias Tactile Pro 3 -- height adjustment foot.jpg | Height adjustment foot
File:Matias Tactile Pro 3 -- rear label.jpg             | Rear label, with no serial number
File:Matias Tactile Pro 3 -- transparent USB cable.jpg  | Transparent USB cable
File:Matias Tactile Pro 3 -- fixed cable exit.jpg       | Fixed cable exit
</gallery>

==References==
<references>
<ref name="intl-intro">Matias — [http://matias.ca/tactilepro3/pr/ Award-winning Matias Tactile Pro 3 Keyboard now available in UK, German, and Japanese layouts]</ref>
</references>

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