[GTALUG] keyboards

[o1bigtenor]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 4:05 PM Jason Shaw <grazer at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Oct 21, 2021, 16:40 o1bigtenor via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 2:41 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <
>> talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
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>>> | From: Evan Leibovitch via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
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>>> |   The emergence of high-end gaming on PCs has led to a quest for
>>> | keyboards that are super-responsive and comfortable for long periods.
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>>> Yeah.  That seems like the best place to look.
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>>> Beware: I've found their goals are not completely aligned with mine.
>>> Here are some.
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>>> One feature that I don't care about is rainbow coloured lights for the
>>> keys.  Benign, but you are paying for this.  On mine (a Razer Blackwidow
>>> Ultimate -- love the names), I've got a green light per key, solidly on
>>> unless I install a daemon to change that.
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>>> Another is "tenkeyless" which means "without numeric keypad".  I use
>>> the numeric keypad and don't want to lose it.
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>>> Another is low-latency: I've never noticed keyboard latency.
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>>> Another is: ugly seems to be valued.
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>>> All support n-key rollover, for large n.  This requires sending multiple
>>> USB packets per keystroke.  This in turn confuses the firmware on a
>>> couple
>>> of our machines: if we wish to adjust firmware settings, we have to plug
>>> in a different keyboard.  As you can imagine, that took some effort to
>>> figure out.
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>>> There are many web pages that describe the colours of switches.
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>>> <https://geargaminghub.com/cherry-mx-switches/>
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>>> My wife likes "blue" keys (noisy and tactile).
>>> I like "brown" keys (less noisy but tactile).
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>>> If you care a lot, you may care about the company that produced the
>>> switches.  I haven't bothered to sudy this aspect.
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>> Interesting comments from all of the responders so far.
>> Is anyone using an ergonomic keyboard from this group.
>> The old rectangular keyboard makes my hands ache at the
>> thought of using only this. I have some cheap keyboards gotten
>> with machine purchases - - - my working keyboard for anything
>> more than a few keystrokes is an ergonomic version. I'm about
>> 60 cm across the shoulders so a keyboard that's some 35 cm
>> just isn't comfortable.
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>> I also like my numeric keypad - - - - do a lot of entries on that
>> for business use and would like to have it part of the keyboard
>> if at all possible.
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>> I have used the mechanical keys in a very long time - - - think
>> I would prefer less noise rather than more but for high quality
>> would like give on that!
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>> Re: gaming - - - - I'm having too fun fun and use far too much time
>> on my system without playing any games - - - tend to relax with a
>> book (most often a physical copy too).
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> I switched to a split keyboard about a year ago, a Kinesis freestyle pro,
> and after a few month learning curve, I honestly can't imagine switching
> back. My shoulders feel so much better after a day of typing that I can
> hardly believe it. It has quiet mechanical switches that feel nice and
> responsive and should be fine for open concept offices.
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> Not the cheapest, especially once the tilting kit and wrist rests were
> added in, but my posture is worth it.
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> Hmmmmmmmmmmm - - - - had you used an ergonomic keyboard previously?

TIA
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