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Been using ultimate hacking keyboard for about 2 years now. Can't switch to anything else - it is that good.
same here. do you have the extra attachments? i've got the track ball and i can't live without it.
and after all that, i've landed back on the good old Apple Magic keyboard (sans numpad).
I can't really explain why, other than to draw an analogy with my vim configuration. I've found that the more experience I accumulate (almost 20yrs to date), the simpler my vim configuration has become. To the extent that my init.vim is I view moving back to the apple keyboard is another simplification of my setup, becoming less reliant on a special keyboard / layout, although this was never my intention at the start. It's comfortable and I can type >100wpm accurately and without undue stress on my fingers or wrists. (caveat - I touch type and use mostly correct fingers for each key).
What i'm realising typing this out is that my loop through the wonderful world of mechanical keyboards was driven from an undercurrent of being generally bored, both from WFH COVID lockdowns and being bored with my current work assignment. The devil makes work eh...
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You don't seem to understand that you don't need to bottom out your switches to actuate them. I have Kailh Copper switches which barely require me to push them down very far in order to actuate. Also they're pretty quiet. You can have your preferences, but blanketly saying that all mech keyboards "require too much strength" and are "loud" is wrong. The "expensive" part isn't even true in all cases.
The dexterity required to only press the key (roughly) half way to the actuation point is just as strenuous; you might as well be bottoming them out every time. I prefer extreme short travel keyboards for this reason. Quieter, shorter key travel distance, much less fatigue.