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Check out Unicomp keyboards: http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/category/UKBD
I wish there was an ergonomic/split version
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It's a matter of ergonomics, as well as aesthetic taste. Some keyboards allow some keyboardists to make more money than other keyboards. If you can type faster and enjoy typing more, you can make more money, and you're more likely to stick with the profession. If your keyboard makes you hate every moment of your day because of the way it feels or because it injures your hands or wrists, then you will likely make less…
Anyone willing to bold mod a Model M really owes it to him/herself to try a Model F.
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I agree completely - his writing is a joy to read. At the bottom of the article it says he "writes about sports, particularly baseball". Baseball, more than other sports, seems to generate great writing. I don't know if there's something writerly about the sport itself or if it's just a coincidence, but there seems to be a correlation.
It has to. It would be intolerably dull otherwise.
I don't know or care if mechanical keyboards increase my typing speed and/or precision, but they feel great and make me enjoy work more. If I can choose between a rocky desk and a sturdy one, I'll choose the latter, although they both do the job sufficiently well for my needs. A few months ago I got myself a tenkeyless with brown Cherry MX switches, and I am getting a second one now, because I can't be bothered to ty…
As a programmer I am disappointed with the lack of innovation in mechanical keyboards. They all look the same and have extremely similar layouts. What I could really use is some navigation keys to the left of the keyboard; maybe two columns of keys that are programmable; any innovation actually would be nice.
My 2012 Asus Zenbook UX31A does that, too.
I don't know or care if mechanical keyboards increase my typing speed and/or precision, but they feel great and make me enjoy work more. If I can choose between a rocky desk and a sturdy one, I'll choose the latter, although they both do the job sufficiently well for my needs. A few months ago I got myself a tenkeyless with brown Cherry MX switches, and I am getting a second one now, because I can't be bothered to ty…
As a programmer I am disappointed with the lack of innovation in mechanical keyboards. They all look the same and have extremely similar layouts. What I could really use is some navigation keys to the left of the keyboard; maybe two columns of keys that are programmable; any innovation actually would be nice.
(Not involved with them, just a customer.)
I don't know or care if mechanical keyboards increase my typing speed and/or precision, but they feel great and make me enjoy work more. If I can choose between a rocky desk and a sturdy one, I'll choose the latter, although they both do the job sufficiently well for my needs. A few months ago I got myself a tenkeyless with brown Cherry MX switches, and I am getting a second one now, because I can't be bothered to ty…
As a programmer I am disappointed with the lack of innovation in mechanical keyboards. They all look the same and have extremely similar layouts. What I could really use is some navigation keys to the left of the keyboard; maybe two columns of keys that are programmable; any innovation actually would be nice.
All of those you can also customise to make any key do exactly what you want, make the space bar double as a modifier key etc.
I find it a bit ironic that after complaining that Apple keyboards have lost all of their "sound" and "force", he goes out and buys a keyboard with Cherry MX Red switches, which have no tactility, no feedback, and very low actuation force.
You have a point, but it would be rather jarring to go straight from the light touch of a scissor/butterfly switch to the rigidity of an MX Green or a buckling spring. MX Reds and Browns can be a happy compromise.
However, a colleague got a Cherry model with Browns, so I could try them out, and they seemed reasonably pleasant. (Haven't used them longer than a minute, though.)
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Or swap escape and caps lock. My keyboard supports macros, so I swapped them on one of the macro layers and never looked back.
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If you work in one of these (misguided) open-plan offices, ask you co-workers if the noise bothers them. Whatever they say, take your mechanical keyboard home and play with it there. There's no good reason to inflict that noise on your co-workers. They'll appreciate it even if they won't call you out on it.
That's funny, some of my co-workers have cherry blue keyboards but the sound doesn't bother me. Most people in the office have one of those Microsoft Ergonomic keyboards though, and the sound of those drives me absolutely mad. I hate it. Maybe I should lay hints or ask them to take their keyboard home and play with it there...