Apparently, posting this link gets you banned: https://github.com/diefarbe
Ironically named. DieFarbe = "The Paint"
I don't exactly see the irony here.
And it also means "The Color" which is probably a more apt translation in this case.
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
#12Does anybody has further info on this? For now it's only one tweet directly from the person who was banned without any other sources.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#13If 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.
Curious, what are the primary complaints about them? I've used one for about a year and have had no issues with it.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#14Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#15It always seemed odd to me that an American company tries to use an ostensibly German brand name to imply quality, instead of going for Made in US. Of course, they don't make these in the US... they're made by some contractors in China and/or Taiwan.
Maybe because of die German Cherry MX switches... oh the 5Q doesn't even use those. They should have called it 'Die Tastatur', sounds very rammsteiny.
And grammaticaly correct.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#16It always seemed odd to me that an American company tries to use an ostensibly German brand name to imply quality, instead of going for Made in US. Of course, they don't make these in the US... they're made by some contractors in China and/or Taiwan.
Sorry to break this to you but outside the US "made in the US" is up there with "made in China" as an indicator of quality.
Where and in what context? I'm outside the US and don't see it that way at all.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#17If 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.
Vortex's software is just bad. Just stick to anything with open firmware.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe because of die German Cherry MX switches... oh the 5Q doesn't even use those. They should have called it 'Die Tastatur', sounds very rammsteiny.
And grammaticaly correct.
"Das Keyboard" is grammaticaly correct, but useless when you need the letters i-z.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#19If 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.
Curious, what are the primary complaints about them? I've used one for about a year and have had no issues with it.
I have had four Das Keyboards and they have been quite good, two years+ out of each, but the USB hubs in all of them have been a bit hit-and-miss. Either devices are not detected in one of the two ports or one seems to charge my iPhone faster than the other.
Again, they've been quite good to me but my work and home keyboards both have a dud key (in quick succession) so I am looking for a cost effective Cherry Blue or Brown replacement.
Re: User banned from Das Keyboard forums for telling people of open-source drivers
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sorry to break this to you but outside the US "made in the US" is up there with "made in China" as an indicator of quality.
Not always true. Some tools 'made in the US' are really great, high-quality. Then again, Sainsmart made a soldering iron recently that was very good quality - so I guess China will soon become a purveyor of quality objects. It already is, in some sense - it's just a matter of separating them from the trash.
Yes, notice that I didn't say the US produces no quality products.