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So I need to type on a slushy dome-switch or butterfly keyboards because the aural distractions for you are so greatly terrible? How 'bout you just get some he

by fargle 4y ago

So I need to type on a slushy dome-switch or butterfly keyboards because the aural distractions for you are so greatly terrible? How 'bout you just get some headphones so you can't hear the staccato clickity-clack of me making progress on my typewriter while you are busy acquiring another neurosis. I'd like to be able to type properly please. If you were typing too instead of complaining, you'd learn why we need switches that work properly.

mnl 4y ago
There's excellent rubber domes and people have been typing properly on them for 30 years. You don't need mechanical switches, you just like them. I keep a few nice 90s' ones from HP and IBM. Sun's sucked yet people typed a lot on those. There's been decent ones from Dell and you can still get older IBM/Lenovo Preferred Pros. They're fine. I don't think switching to rubber domes back then was a cost cutting measure, that's peanuts for the prices of those systems. Noise was considered distracting, maybe stressful, actually sustained noise is. If you shared a lab with 30 people banging on Model Ms you'd agree. Mechanicals are great for gaming, I give you that.
- fargle 4y ago
  > Mechanicals are great for gaming. They are also excellent for typing. I can type much faster and more accurately when I have tactile feedback like: https://www.cherrymx.de/cherry-mx/mx-special/mx-clear.html#techSpecs https://www.cherrymx.de/cherry-mx/mx-special/mx-clear.html#t... I don't even game at all. > If you shared a lab with 30 people banging on Model Ms you'd agree. What if you shared a lab with 30 Selectric typewriters or couple line printers? I did. People complaining about the "noise" from Cherry clears and similar are over-reacting. > you just like them I do! And you don't! and guess who's keyboard it is? This is why I'm testy. People like different things. When that happens: mind your own business and cope. It's no more inconvenient for you to hear my (not that loud) "silent" cherry clears than for you to impose on me to have to type on a keyboard that doesn't work for me. And we can all agree that the guy that cooks fish in the microwave is our shared enemy.
Gordonjcp 4y ago
Sounds like you're a bit neurotic about keyboards. Rubber dome keyboards work just fine, for everyone, and are in fact considerably better for lengthy typing sessions than mechanical ones. Enjoy your RSI, nutjob.
- fargle 4y ago
  > Sounds like you're a bit neurotic about keyboards Sounds to me like you're a lot neurotic about telling other people what to like. > Rubber dome keyboards work just fine, for everyone Because you know what everyone should do and like? They don't work better for me. > are in fact considerably better for lengthy typing sessions Not a "fact", for me and for about half of the coders I know. Please stop assuming that the way you perceive the world applies to everybody else. > RSI Ah, you're my doctor and physical therapist, too? I didn't realize it was you. > nutjob Name calling because I like a different keyboard than you? Yea, office noise is not the biggest problem in your immediate work area, I'll bet. How's this: you type on what you like and stop telling others what to do. Everybody needs to deal with background noise (AC, telephones, conversations, squeaky chairs, clicky pens, etc.) in their own way and keyboards (clicky or not) are only a tiny part of that problem.

by fargle 4y ago

mnl 4y ago

There's excellent rubber domes and people have been typing properly on them for 30 years. You don't need mechanical switches, you just like them. I keep a few nice 90s' ones from HP and IBM. Sun's sucked yet people typed a lot on those. There's been decent ones from Dell and you can still get older IBM/Lenovo Preferred Pros. They're fine. I don't think switching to rubber domes back then was a cost cutting measure, that's peanuts for the prices of those systems. Noise was considered distracting, maybe stressful, actually sustained noise is. If you shared a lab with 30 people banging on Model Ms you'd agree. Mechanicals are great for gaming, I give you that.

fargle 4y ago
> Mechanicals are great for gaming. They are also excellent for typing. I can type much faster and more accurately when I have tactile feedback like: https://www.cherrymx.de/cherry-mx/mx-special/mx-clear.html#techSpecs https://www.cherrymx.de/cherry-mx/mx-special/mx-clear.html#t... I don't even game at all. > If you shared a lab with 30 people banging on Model Ms you'd agree. What if you shared a lab with 30 Selectric typewriters or couple line printers? I did. People complaining about the "noise" from Cherry clears and similar are over-reacting. > you just like them I do! And you don't! and guess who's keyboard it is? This is why I'm testy. People like different things. When that happens: mind your own business and cope. It's no more inconvenient for you to hear my (not that loud) "silent" cherry clears than for you to impose on me to have to type on a keyboard that doesn't work for me. And we can all agree that the guy that cooks fish in the microwave is our shared enemy.

Gordonjcp 4y ago

Sounds like you're a bit neurotic about keyboards. Rubber dome keyboards work just fine, for everyone, and are in fact considerably better for lengthy typing sessions than mechanical ones. Enjoy your RSI, nutjob.

fargle 4y ago
> Sounds like you're a bit neurotic about keyboards Sounds to me like you're a lot neurotic about telling other people what to like. > Rubber dome keyboards work just fine, for everyone Because you know what everyone should do and like? They don't work better for me. > are in fact considerably better for lengthy typing sessions Not a "fact", for me and for about half of the coders I know. Please stop assuming that the way you perceive the world applies to everybody else. > RSI Ah, you're my doctor and physical therapist, too? I didn't realize it was you. > nutjob Name calling because I like a different keyboard than you? Yea, office noise is not the biggest problem in your immediate work area, I'll bet. How's this: you type on what you like and stop telling others what to do. Everybody needs to deal with background noise (AC, telephones, conversations, squeaky chairs, clicky pens, etc.) in their own way and keyboards (clicky or not) are only a tiny part of that problem.