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If you need a backlit keyboard it means that you (1.) are working in an environment that's way to dimly lit to be healthy and (2.) really need to learn touch ty
by ginko 13y ago
If you need a backlit keyboard it means that you (1.) are working in an environment that's way to dimly lit to be healthy and (2.) really need to learn touch typing.
- ne0phyte 13y agoYes and no. There are a lot of people who are into keyboards and they buy a backlit one because they want to not because they need to. Source: I'm mechanical keyboard enthusiast :)
- kybernetyk 13y agoThis. My day to day keyboard is a DAS Keyboard (with blank key caps). And I just bought a backlit KBT Pure Pro. Not because I need to look down (I use colemack anyway) but because it looks shiny ;)
- breadbox 13y ago"Because that's the only reason I would want one, and obviously anyone who thinks differently from me is wrong."
- JulianWasTaken 13y agoSomeone who comes up with reasons for things but doesn't think they're good is automatically narrow minded? Do you have better ones?
- baddox 13y agoHe missed the obvious (3.) you like backlit keyboards.
- fuzionmonkey 13y agoYou can't argue with the aesthetics of backlit keyboards, though.
- to3m 13y agoWell I don't know about you, but I use my eyes to figure out where to put my fingers before I start typing, even though I can then carry on with my eyes closed ;) - backlit keyboards are great for this. Particularly handy as it starts to become dark, or if you're working in a shaded area. (Positioning your hands by sight may not be that uncommon among people who learned to type before the F and J markers became commonplace on computers. I was in my late teens before I first encountered them, and I had to have their purpose explained to me.)
- baddox 13y agoOr you (3.) derive utility from the appearance of backlit keyboards.