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HHKB Studio: The New Happy Hacking Keyboard with TrackPoint

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Re: HHKB Studio: The New Happy Hacking Keyboard with TrackPoint

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Post by globular-toast »

TheRoque wrote: post #58
globular-toast wrote: post #51

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What other way is there to access "copy" (Ctrl-C)? I feel like this stems from the belief that the keyboard is secondary to the mouse. So the official way is to right click and select copy from the menu? When was the last time you actually saw someone do that? You could go the other way and say all the letters on your keyboard are shortcuts for entering the characters specific to your language. After all, there are f…

Take a new software, like Blender or Gimp, and you'll totally have to do things "manually" via the menus before memorizing the "shortcuts" that will boost your productivity. It's nice for discoverability, accessibility, and probably necessary for most people (including me). I really don't see what's wrong in calling these shortcuts, if there's a longer, manual, tedious version, which has a shorter alternative. If you…

Nobody has ever called me pedantic ;)

I get what you mean and I can see why they are referred to as "shortcuts". I just think it's a deficiency in UI design that leads to such a term. I have used software like Inkscape a lot and using it efficiently is a bit like playing guitar: one hand on the mouse, the other on the keyboard, working together. Discoverability is good (although I think massively overhyped) but a good UI should lead you to discover the most efficient way to do something, not the least efficient.

Re: HHKB Studio: The New Happy Hacking Keyboard with TrackPoint

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Post by garciansmith »

fmajid wrote: post #60
jwells89 wrote: post #52

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The Shura uses double-shot keycaps, where the legends are a different colored plastic whereas earlier TEX models used UV printed or laser etched keycaps. TEX’s older method is common to a lot of keyboard manufacturers and is prone to wear like you’ve seen. By contrast double-shot keys will get shiny, but their legends will always be legible no matter how many years they’re used.

Those keycaps are doubleshot ABS, though, and ABS is widely considered to be an inferior material compared to PBT. At that price, you would expect the latter.

For cheaper keycaps that come with an office or "gaming" keyboard, sure, but not for higher end ones. PBT doesn't shine after a lot of usage like ABS, true, but high end ABS keycap colors and the sharpness of double-shot legends still tend to be better than PBT (e.g., GMK). Sound and texture is quite variable too, so it's really just a matter of preference. I've used nice PBT keycaps but tend to prefer how nice ABS feels and sounds better.

Re: HHKB Studio: The New Happy Hacking Keyboard with TrackPoint

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Post by skowalak »

jwells89 wrote: post #52
skowalak wrote: post #34

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I used the Tex keycaps for a keyboard I built about three years ago. After three years of daily usage I have noticed a lot of wear on the keycaps. Some letters are barely visible, and some of the caps have gotten really shiny, i.e. they have lost their surface structure. Have you noticed something similar? Other than that they feel really nice and I like them a lot.

The Shura uses double-shot keycaps, where the legends are a different colored plastic whereas earlier TEX models used UV printed or laser etched keycaps. TEX’s older method is common to a lot of keyboard manufacturers and is prone to wear like you’ve seen. By contrast double-shot keys will get shiny, but their legends will always be legible no matter how many years they’re used.

Thank you for the explanation.

Re: HHKB Studio: The New Happy Hacking Keyboard with TrackPoint

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Post by moondev »

wodenokoto wrote: post #31

OT: What’s a great keyboard for people who don’t like mechanical keyboards? I took the plunge when I switched to a job where we worked on windows instead of macOS and got a keyChron as my daily driver instead of a Magic Keyboard. I had good memories of clicking away on an old IBM as a kid in the 90s so I thought I’d enjoy a “real” keyboard. I don’t dislike my low profile keyChron. But even after a year and a half it…

I can recommend NIZ keyboards if you are looking for something totally different. The switches are electro capacitive dome not mechanical. Very light and effortless to type and very quiet as well with a hint of tactileness. They are expensive and need to be imported, but the feel is amazing. Good luck on your journey.

https://www.nizkeyboard.com/collections/all

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