I'm definitely a neophyte to mechanical keyboard culture but its pretty obvious that its being co-opted by and sold to normies.
I've observed that its the mechanical keyboard gamer scenes fault.
Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard
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Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard
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> Opened the website. Almost everything out of stock. Amazon seems to have no problem stocking up on Akko keyboards. The ones I'm seeing listed as out of stock on Akko's page seem to be low-volume special editions with custom keycaps. But again, I'm not a sales representative. Anyone interested in mechanical keyboards surely is able to use Google to find decent offers. I doubt Logitech products will feature in anyone…
What's the difference between Akko, EPOMAKER Akko, YUNZII Akko, Womier Akko, Gliging Akko, COSTOM Akko on Amazon? That all looks... entirely reputable. Absolutely.
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#173Can someone explain to me the attraction of wireless keyboards? I get wireless mice: they're much easier to reposition - but my keyboard stays in one place all the time. Do other people move their keyboards repeatedly?
Yes.
1) I switch between a mac (work) and windows (leisure/gaming) and thus switch between a mac wireless keyboard and a mechanical windows one. I move one to the side so the desk doesn't get cluttered.
2) Desktop cords depending on what computer I'm using are a pain to route properly.
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#174After trying QMK I can never go back to any keeb with proprietary software
Similarly, typing with keyboards where the thumb gets access to more than just the spacebar is another boon. (It's nice to be able to use the thumbs for space, backspace, enter, escape, tab).
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#175This looks like a non-hotswappable board with proprietary switches, and it's still tied to Logitech's wireless dongles (which are notoriously bad about both causing and being super-sensitive to 2.4Ghz-spectrum interference). I mean, I _think_ the switches are proprietary -- the page has no real information about the switches at all, which is a bit like selling a computer by showing you a picture of the case and telli…
> I don't get who this product is for, other than maybe someone who has heard mechanical keyboards are cool but is daunted by doing any research into what mechanical keyboard options exist out there. Me, or anybody who needs a no-fuss, one-shot, buy-and-use-it-till-it-dies type of consumer. I don't care about changing switches. I don't care about DIY. While I'm perfectly capable, I don't want to spend time on that. I…
I ordered Nuphy Air 75 [1] and am waiting for the delivery. It is a low profile 75% board with 2.4GHz connection plus 3 bluetooth connections and has 3 switch options, all Gateron low profile. Has good online reviews, and for a custom mech board it isn't too expensive either. (Disclaimer: Not associated with them in any other way)
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#176Earlier quoted context omitted.
"What's that? I couldn't hear you over my keyboard clacking!"
I bought a mechanical keyboard with clicky blue switches and brought it to work at my open office company. Very quickly my coworkers encouraged me to buy one with silent clear switches. I now own two. The clicky one stays at home.
> open office company
They were so close to getting it, too.
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#177Worth pointing out they also released the new MX Master 3S [1] today. [1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/05/logitech-mx-master-3...
I have the MX Master 3 and it's so close to perfection: 1) put the device swap button on easily accessible place along with the device led indicator (perhaps incorporated in the battery led indicator); 2) make it able to work directly via usb cable for redundancy. That is all.
I wished that when it is unnotched, scrolling would behave like scrolling on a trackpad. It still jumps lines, instead of smoothly moving. The sideway scrolling is awful. No idea how far to scroll before something starts to move.
The mouse is definitely nice to hold, but trackpads still provide a much better scrolling experience. Excel with large row-height is near impossible to navigate without a touch pad in my opinion (and whoever at Microsoft thought it was a good idea to only be able to scroll in whole cells should never work in usability again)
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> No, you cannot convert an ANSI keyboard to an ISO layout. A cursory search on Google returned plenty of search hits on how to convert keyboards between ANSI and ISO. Also, apparently there are ANSI+ISO keycap sets on the market. Anyway, I don't have a dog in the race. Anyone who is on the market for a 150$ keyboard will surely be able to Google stuff that suits their fancy.
Sorry, can you be helpful and point me to a link which shows how to do this for any given keyboard? For example, you would have to replace the left shift key with 2 separate keys, how should that work?
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#179numpad is a dealbreaker for me I never really realized how annoying it was to reach so far for my mouse until I got used to having a tenkeyless keyboard...now I won't use anything else. EDIT: nevermind, there is a tenkeyless version - i'm a dummy
This is what's appealing with the complex layouts with < 50 keys. It's satisfying to be able to drive a system with hands sticking close to home row, and rarely straying from the same column.
Re: Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard
#180This looks like a non-hotswappable board with proprietary switches, and it's still tied to Logitech's wireless dongles (which are notoriously bad about both causing and being super-sensitive to 2.4Ghz-spectrum interference). I mean, I _think_ the switches are proprietary -- the page has no real information about the switches at all, which is a bit like selling a computer by showing you a picture of the case and telli…
The MX Master 3 mouse is far and away the best mouse I've ever used. It switches easily between computers, feels great, has great functionality and most importantly, doesn't leave my wrist hurting at the end of the day (which I what brought me to try it out in the first place).
Yes, I can look into other options, but this is targeting people like me, who are already in the logitech ecosystem and are happy there. I can try my luck with another brand that I may or may not like more, or I can go with this and hope that it's of similar quality to other devices in the MX sub-brand.