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> I notice that some people like to stab the keys. They seem to use an excessive amount of force. I've always been all about using the least effort possible so

> I notice that some people like to stab the keys. They seem to use an excessive amount of force. I've always been all about using the least effort possible so low-profile keyboards seemed optimal to me. You just need barely a touch to register a keystroke. . This is interesting. I find that my mechanical keyboard (using Gaterown Brown switches) is the one that requires the least amount of force to operate. I also get the least (basically none) pressed keys without intention (say when resting my hands on the keyboard while thinking). This is actually to the point that when I switch to my MBP (2013 model) or HP laptop, I usually tend to miss some keys because I don't press hard enough. I really dislike the "full up" or "full down" way of working of these keyboards. > Mechanical keyboards seem built for excessive travel time in comparison But this is how you prevent the "shock" from bottoming-out: you don't press the key 'all the way'. With rubber keyboards and very short travel, I'm not able to react fast enough to stop pressing before it hits the bottom. > My only real objection to mechanical keyboards is people who use super-clacky keyboards in an open-plan environment. That's just antisocial and inconsiderate. Oh yeah. Even though I love my brown keys and consider them quite quiet, I use a "normal" keyboard at work, out of consideration for my colleagues.

jmyeet 5y ago
> But this is how you prevent the "shock" from bottoming-out: you don't press the key 'all the way'. A light touch seems to me to be an all-round better solution to this. I first learned to type on an old mechanical typewriter where force was required and travel time was inescapable. Soon thereafter I switched to an IBM electric typewriter and you just can't ever go back. It would be interesting to compare the feel now. Whatever the case I barely want to move my fingers at all.

jmyeet 5y ago

> But this is how you prevent the "shock" from bottoming-out: you don't press the key 'all the way'. A light touch seems to me to be an all-round better solution to this. I first learned to type on an old mechanical typewriter where force was required and travel time was inescapable. Soon thereafter I switched to an IBM electric typewriter and you just can't ever go back. It would be interesting to compare the feel now. Whatever the case I barely want to move my fingers at all.