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Cherry Red switches are designed for gaming. Most of the time with games, you hold the key all the way down for a while instead of tapping on it and releasing i
by technomancy 12y ago
Cherry Red switches are designed for gaming. Most of the time with games, you hold the key all the way down for a while instead of tapping on it and releasing it as soon as it actuates. So they're really not intended for typists.
(Because of this they actually make great modifier keys even for typists though, because modifier keys aren't meant to be tapped and released either, so they don't benefit from a tactile response.)
- yohoho22 12y agoThe reason that red switches are popular with (some) gamers is that they can be pulsed quickly right at the actuation point with very little rebound between presses. The tactile switches, on the other hand, have to be allowed to return quite a bit more before they can activate a second time. Whether of silent design or not, they have to unclick before they can click again.