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Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by aloisdg »

vladharbuz wrote: post #3

> Jokes aside, I totally understand the appeal of mechanical keyboards. I’ve used them and it is satisfying to hear that clickity-click sound and the keys do feel amazing but that just doesn’t work for me due to being on so many pair programming calls and recording video courses. I don't like it when people equate mechanical keyboards to loudness. They don't have to be loud! My keyboard has MX Clear switches which ar…

MX Clear switches are a joy to use and are Open Space friendly. I tried a lot of cherry MX and I wont switch.

Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by tudelo »

notus wrote: post #40
vladharbuz wrote: post #3

> Jokes aside, I totally understand the appeal of mechanical keyboards. I’ve used them and it is satisfying to hear that clickity-click sound and the keys do feel amazing but that just doesn’t work for me due to being on so many pair programming calls and recording video courses. I don't like it when people equate mechanical keyboards to loudness. They don't have to be loud! My keyboard has MX Clear switches which ar…

Well the author also thinks pair programming is a good idea so I'd take what they say with a grain of salt. Also I get the impression this article is just a thinly veiled ad for their courses.

So you think that pair programming is never a good idea?

Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by rpmisms »

notus wrote: post #40
vladharbuz wrote: post #3

> Jokes aside, I totally understand the appeal of mechanical keyboards. I’ve used them and it is satisfying to hear that clickity-click sound and the keys do feel amazing but that just doesn’t work for me due to being on so many pair programming calls and recording video courses. I don't like it when people equate mechanical keyboards to loudness. They don't have to be loud! My keyboard has MX Clear switches which ar…

Well the author also thinks pair programming is a good idea so I'd take what they say with a grain of salt. Also I get the impression this article is just a thinly veiled ad for their courses.

What exactly is empirically wrong with Pair Programming?

Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by bonestamp2 »

nickjj wrote: post #56
SwetDrems wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I (now) understand your intention was to simply share your opinion of the keyboard, I happened to see the post in the same format many other commodity-like product posts take: disguising themselves as a genuine review, but really just exist to peddle a product. Intention can be hard to convey on the internet, and if you meant it as a genuine product endorsement, sorry for misinterpreting you.

It's ok, no problem. Actually posting this taught me a pretty good lesson on how hard it is not to be anonymous on the internet. That and I need to drop a 1 liner in the very few posts I have that contain affiliate links.

If I remember correctly, Amazon requires that you disclose that you're an amazon affiliate. Many sites just put a line of text in the footer of the page.

That said, I'm not sure why anyone is too upset at you for this. From my experience running many sites that use affiliate links, I can't imagine you're making any significant income from the affiliate links anyway, not to mention that's obviously not the purpose of this article.

Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by bitwize »

bakli wrote: post #2

I don't even remember why scroll lock exists

I think only Lotus 1-2-3 actually used it, but Lotus 1-2-3 was literally the entire reason to use early PCs. With Scroll Lock active, in Lotus the movement keys would shift the whole spreadsheet, keeping the current cell highlight steady on the screen, rather than move the current cell highlight.

Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by freetonik »

I've tried many mechanical and on-mechanical keyboards, but always come back to Apple's magic keyboard, simply because it's the thinnest of all. It's virtually flush with the desk, and I can't for the love of god get used to anything else. Mechanical keyboards are often quite thick. Palm pads don't help, I'd still feel my hands are uncomfortably elevated.

Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by bitwize »

jmkb wrote: post #14
bakli wrote: post #2

I don't even remember why scroll lock exists

It's an early implementation of the same idea as the mouse scroll wheel. Engage scroll lock, and the arrow keys are used for scrolling the current text view instead of moving the cursor. The idea of also using it to pause scrolling console text, I think , originated in Linux.

There was a PC Magazine utility from the 80s, WAITASEC.COM, that allowed you to use Scroll Lock to page through command output that had scrolled off the screen.

Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by connor4312 »

sli wrote: post #68
vladharbuz wrote: post #3

> Jokes aside, I totally understand the appeal of mechanical keyboards. I’ve used them and it is satisfying to hear that clickity-click sound and the keys do feel amazing but that just doesn’t work for me due to being on so many pair programming calls and recording video courses. I don't like it when people equate mechanical keyboards to loudness. They don't have to be loud! My keyboard has MX Clear switches which ar…

Yeah, no offense to the author, but this article read like one written by someone who really doesn't know much about keyboards. There is a whole slew of different silent, non-clicky, tactile and linear switches to choose from, as well as sound dampening o-rings.

There's also several new 'silenced' switches[1][2] which have dampening built-in by moulding in a softer plastic into the switch stem. I can't stand the feel of o-rings; I use a Zilent switch keyboard for work and it's quieter than a lot of my coworker's non-mechanical/rubber dome boards.

1. https://zealpc.net/products/zilents

2. https://kbdfans.com/products/pre-orderaliaz-silent-switch-ta...

(unaffiliated with either of these stores)

Re: Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard

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Post by tracer4201 »

vladharbuz wrote: post #3

> Jokes aside, I totally understand the appeal of mechanical keyboards. I’ve used them and it is satisfying to hear that clickity-click sound and the keys do feel amazing but that just doesn’t work for me due to being on so many pair programming calls and recording video courses. I don't like it when people equate mechanical keyboards to loudness. They don't have to be loud! My keyboard has MX Clear switches which ar…

+1 on cherry clears. I recently switch from typing on WalMart keyboards at home and Mac keyboard at work to using a Code keyboard with clear switches. By God typing is such a wonderful experience now, and the noise isn’t worse than the WalMart keyboards. granted it’s not as quite as the Mac keyboards that are so thin, but it just feels day and night different (better).
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