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> (...) I've had a mechanical keyboard before and can tell you the tactile novelty wears off within a couple of weeks. I'm not sure I follow your reasoning. As

by barumi 6y ago

> (...) I've had a mechanical keyboard before and can tell you the tactile novelty wears off within a couple of weeks. I'm not sure I follow your reasoning. As a mechanical keyboard user, "the tactical novelty" doesn't even register in the "pros" column. As a professional software developer I use mechanical keyboards because they are far easier to clean and maintain, and are actually repairable and don't become trash just because a key happens to crap out.

ahelwer 6y ago
Tactile, not tactical. Mechanical keyboard users I've known all became obsessed with them and never stayed with the same model for long, rendering their longevity irrelevant.
- elipsey 6y ago
  For _tactical_ use, I rely on my trusty model M, with metal base plate. For home defense, it is without equal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The rest of time I greatly prefer the ergonomics of the old thinkpad keyboards w/ track-point, but the external ones are expensive and sucky, imo. I also sometimes move my mouse to the left side of the keyboard so that I can have better, more symmetrical posture. I would really prefer to have a small external USB trackpoint that I could simply place beneath my spacebar, but sadly no one seems to sell this. This person even hacked their own (https://github.com/feklee/usb-trackpoint https://github.com/feklee/usb-trackpoint), but I haven't found the time or motivation. I bet I'm not the only one who would pay a handsome margin -- business opportunity? That UHK pointer module would solve my ergonomic problems better than mousing backwards, and might be worth the price by itself.
- barumi 6y ago
  > Tactile, not tactical. Potato, topato. > Mechanical keyboard users I've known It's your own personal anectode and all. If you see plenty of people using the same el cheapo keyboard until it breaks apart from all the encusted breadcrumbs and hair and dust and microecosystems, I don't see what's hard to understand about how people who spend more on keyboards also do the same.

by barumi 6y ago

ahelwer 6y ago

Tactile, not tactical. Mechanical keyboard users I've known all became obsessed with them and never stayed with the same model for long, rendering their longevity irrelevant.

elipsey 6y ago
For _tactical_ use, I rely on my trusty model M, with metal base plate. For home defense, it is without equal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The rest of time I greatly prefer the ergonomics of the old thinkpad keyboards w/ track-point, but the external ones are expensive and sucky, imo. I also sometimes move my mouse to the left side of the keyboard so that I can have better, more symmetrical posture. I would really prefer to have a small external USB trackpoint that I could simply place beneath my spacebar, but sadly no one seems to sell this. This person even hacked their own (https://github.com/feklee/usb-trackpoint https://github.com/feklee/usb-trackpoint), but I haven't found the time or motivation. I bet I'm not the only one who would pay a handsome margin -- business opportunity? That UHK pointer module would solve my ergonomic problems better than mousing backwards, and might be worth the price by itself.
barumi 6y ago
> Tactile, not tactical. Potato, topato. > Mechanical keyboard users I've known It's your own personal anectode and all. If you see plenty of people using the same el cheapo keyboard until it breaks apart from all the encusted breadcrumbs and hair and dust and microecosystems, I don't see what's hard to understand about how people who spend more on keyboards also do the same.