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Thank you for flagging this, it is now fixed. It was an issue with Firefox and the codec we use for the audio samples. I just changed the codec for the audio to something that work…

(For reference @ebastler designed the PCB for Altar II, and did an amazing job)

Early summer 2027 is the target.

Don't tempt me with a good time. I would love to tackle a mouse — I have a lot of ideas!

Yes the butterfly switches were pretty bad. Superficially ours are similar but there are a few key differences: - Ours has an actual mechanical switch (with a spring and contact le…

I'm afraid not. For two reasons: Firstly it makes no sense for a backlight to be anything but a warm colour at night because it strains your eyes exactly when they are most prone t…

The final weight has not been determined yet as we are trying out different materials, internal designs and components. But the final weight will be 300g-400g or so.

I have not written about the process but it is a great idea, I'd love to do that. An audio format might also be interesting.

Fitting the USB-C port into it was actually a real challenge. We also have custom made USB-C housing because all the off the shelf ones were thicker than the keyboard!

Ah very interesting. I will make sure these are included.

Thank you so much. It means a lot to hear that. We're a very small team (1 full time, 3 part time) so going up against a company worth five trillion dollars is quite daunting!

Good question on the haptics. There's no feedback when press most of the keys. But there is some feedback when you do things like turn the dial, or complete a shortcut (e.g. cmd + …

The battery is in the logo side, correct. In fact most of that entire area is taken up by the battery! We did expand vertically that area slightly as you can see, to allow for a sl…

That is a very interesting detail, I never knew that!

The switches feel like a M-Series MacBook with a decent amount more travel and more "snappy", tactile feeling. They feel quite different to, for example, Choc switches (which we us…

Thank you, and what you say is completely fair. The Keychron K3 is an excellent keyboard and certainly gets the job done for many people. I would actually argue Altar II is excelle…

It is fully compatible with Linux with respect to typing, volume control and so on. The firmware source code will be published publicly on Github in the future, as our other keyboa…

We have spent a lot of time and effort finding manufacturing partners and ensuring they can produce Altar II at the scale and quality we require. In fact we have delayed announcing…

I believe you are referring to the "pre-travel" of the key and yes, Altar II has a very small amount of pre-travel actually. This is partially due to it having such a small vertica…

Thank you, it's been a real labour of love! People are raising a good point RE Touch ID. It is possible to add a fingerprint sensor. But that fingerprint sensor will never be able …

Reservations are open until the Kickstarter launches on November 10th 2026.

Thank you so much! A genuinely silly amount of time went into the website. If you'll indulge me for a moment, because I never get to talk about this stuff: the corner radii of the …

The travel distance on the Altar II switches is 1.8mm, so about 0.8mm more than on a MacBook keyboard. Similar to those keyboards, there is very little pre-travel on Altar II keys.…

This price is only for people who reserve before we launch on Kickstarter. I agree it is good value but also I should point out the retail price will be $349 for anyone buying afte…

Glad you like Altar I! They feel quite different to the Chocs, unsurprisingly. Although the required actuation force is close to the Choc Reds (40gf on our switch vs 50gf on the Ch…