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Yes, mechanical keyboards are noisy and inappropriate for a shared office.
by jdcro 7y ago
Yes, mechanical keyboards are noisy and inappropriate for a shared office.
- Jiig 7y agoI wouldn't blanket all Mechanical Keyboards into this, its absolutely possible to build one that is no louder then your standard membrane keyboards.
- chadlavi 7y agosome of them are. I'm typing this on a keyboard with browns in an open plan office, and the three people who sit within two feet of me have no issue with it.
- globalproctd 7y agoI work in an open office with 5 other programmers around, and none of us are bothered by each other's mechanical keyboards. We have a mix of Cherry Blues and Browns. We all agree that it's the least annoying thing about our open office. It's a shared cultural thing unique to each company, no need to cast a blanket statement.
- harimau777 7y agoI'd argue that the real issue is that shared offices are inappropriate for programming.
- noelsusman 7y agoBlue and green switches are inappropriate for a shared office, but if you get brown switches and install sound dampeners then they can be as quiet as a normal keyboard.