Does anybody has further info on this? For now it's only one tweet directly from the person who was banned without any other sources.
There's nothing there yet but expect r/mechanicalkeyboards to light up shortly
User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
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Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#32Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#33They had a lot of drama with the production of the 5Q keyboard also as it was crowdfunded. Still don't quite understand why an established keyboard company needed to crowdfund a keyboard...
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#34If you're looking for a high quality cherry switched keyboard, Das was already company you wanted to avoid - and now possibly even moreso. Das is definitely a "brand over product" company and the market is flooded with much better alternatives, eg Leopold, Varmilo, IKBC, Vortex, Filco, etc.
I'll throw my support for Filco here. I've been using the same Filco Majestouch Tenkeyless with Cherry Browns as my only home keyboard for 10 years, and it's as good as it was on the day I bought it. Absolutely fantastic build quality.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#35If you're looking for a high quality cherry switched keyboard, Das was already company you wanted to avoid - and now possibly even moreso. Das is definitely a "brand over product" company and the market is flooded with much better alternatives, eg Leopold, Varmilo, IKBC, Vortex, Filco, etc.
I just wanted to put in a good word for WASD Keyboards. Mine has been solid as a rock, I'm still very pleased with it after 4 years of ownership. I think it was Jeff Atwood (of Coding Horror fame) who turned me on to them in the first place. (No association at all, just wanted to share my experience).
Since then Jeff Atwood launched his own keyboard.
Edit. Never mind, looked up WASD and they appear to be linked to Code
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#36Any recommendations for a quiet mechanical keyword (or switch)?
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#37Does anybody has further info on this? For now it's only one tweet directly from the person who was banned without any other sources.
There's nothing there yet but expect r/mechanicalkeyboards to light up shortly
It was on r/mechanicalkeyboards yesterday.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/9571bb...
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#38If you're looking for a high quality cherry switched keyboard, Das was already company you wanted to avoid - and now possibly even moreso. Das is definitely a "brand over product" company and the market is flooded with much better alternatives, eg Leopold, Varmilo, IKBC, Vortex, Filco, etc.
Don't forget Topre. I use a Kinesis but I know many amazing programmers who swear by Topre.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#39If you're looking for a high quality cherry switched keyboard, Das was already company you wanted to avoid - and now possibly even moreso. Das is definitely a "brand over product" company and the market is flooded with much better alternatives, eg Leopold, Varmilo, IKBC, Vortex, Filco, etc.
I'll throw my support for Filco here. I've been using the same Filco Majestouch Tenkeyless with Cherry Browns as my only home keyboard for 10 years, and it's as good as it was on the day I bought it. Absolutely fantastic build quality.
Got the exact same keyboard, only 8 years old but 0 problems with it. Had to clean it out a few times but been very easy. It even came with a key removal tool!
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#40If you're looking for a high quality cherry switched keyboard, Das was already company you wanted to avoid - and now possibly even moreso. Das is definitely a "brand over product" company and the market is flooded with much better alternatives, eg Leopold, Varmilo, IKBC, Vortex, Filco, etc.
I'll throw my support for Filco here. I've been using the same Filco Majestouch Tenkeyless with Cherry Browns as my only home keyboard for 10 years, and it's as good as it was on the day I bought it. Absolutely fantastic build quality.
My Filco Majestouch lasted barely a year before the USB cable failed at the keyboard end.
It's currently lying in the corner whilst I try to stomach paying £25 for a third-party cable made with their custom internal connector.
I'd prefer if they just had a USB female socket on the keyboard and then I could use any cable.
Why do keyboards have hard-wired cables anyhow? They have plenty of space for a socket and it would eliminate another point of failure.