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Mikhail-222:
I was about to get some keycaps with convex surface, kind of like DSA without a dish. But surprisingly all keycaps out there have either concave surface or with a big flat top surface.
Now I'm really confused. Ok, I understand that concave is sort of historical way, just like staggered keys, etc. But nowadays there are a lot of manufacturers who do custom stuff. Why not they work out a better surface? Sounds reasonable? I mean almost every button in the world, except keyboards, have such surface and it feels right.

So do such caps exist? DSA is probably the closest to what I want, so basically I want smth like DSA with very slight bulge instead of the dish. And with Cherry-like rows profile.

pixelpusher:
No, what you described does not currently exist. 

andiBenet:
I think a convex keycap would be pretty difficult to type with.

For any long typing session, I’ll rest my fingers on the keys as I’m thinking about what to write next. For long gaming sessions, I’d also be concerned about mistyping (from sweaty fingers sliding on to another key) and potential pain/strain from having the key bump pushing into my finger’s pad for long pressing.

Findecanor:
I wish that there were keycaps for the modifiers on the bottom row in the Space Bar's profile. There are on my vintage Dell AT102W, but I have never seen it for Cherry.
The closest I've found has been Signature Plastics' G20 profile, but that is actually flat (slightly angled) with rounded edges.

There are arcade buttons using Cherry MX switches inside that I think have slightly convex buttons but I'm not sure, because they look almost flat. Those are much too large to fit on a keyboard though.

BTW. The convexity of finger-keys do help with accuracy.

Mikhail-222:

--- Quote from: Findecanor on Sun, 29 August 2021, 11:48:15 ---I wish that there were keycaps for the modifiers on the bottom row in the Space Bar's profile. There are on my vintage Dell AT102W, but I have never seen it for Cherry.
The closest I've found has been Signature Plastics' G20 profile, but that is actually flat (slightly angled) with rounded edges.

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Yes most separately sold sets don't have convex bottom keycaps strangely, but many stock keyboards have, I have a4tech X7 whole bottom row convex buttons.
I ve seen only XDA convex modifier sold separately by YMDK 

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