Okay guys, I think it's cool that some people like some things, like linear switches, and others pretend they like things like Ortholinear layouts, and rational people like full size clickies.
So, what I'd like you guys to do is the following:Pick a keyboard thing you have always hated, and try it for a week!
So what do I hate in keyboards? Some of you may know that I think that external keypads are dumb, and 60-75%s are dumb, and tactile switches are dumb.
Well what do we have here?
That's right, a ****ing 65% and a ****ing external numpad.
What's in these things?
Oh god no.
It's Cherry Browns on the keypad and Matias tactile some **** that doesn't have clicks on the keyboard. Oh no.
By the way, I want to just complain about how thin Matias's keycaps are right here. I don't actually care that much, but when you pay a hundred and fifty dollars for a keyboard you expect decent keycaps, or at least ones better than this $15 keypad you guys found for me on eBay. In fact, both these keyboards are Great Finds specials!
Okay, this is how they're set up right now. It's not that bad, but I actually normally have a keyboard either straddling my monitor stand or indeed laying on top of it, depending on how long the feet are. The Matias has long enough feet to straddle it, but then I have a problem.
The numpad won't properly fit in there. I kind of have it propped up on the right leg, but it's slightly unstable, and it's made me move the Matias farther left than I wanted it, but hey, all's fair in the world of deskspace, or some ****, right?
THERE'S NOT EVEN A PLACE FOR MY PENS?! What heathenry is this?! Yuck!
Well, I wrote this post on the new setup, and I've even used the numpad to type some numbers I think, and obviously to type enter, since it's easily my most used key. I love numpad enter. Never leave me. What I'm worried about is a small chore I need to do later, when I update the Model M subreddit user gallery with new dates and part numbers. That's what really mkaes or breaks a keyboard in my life.
I don't do anything important.
Anyway, I challenge YOU, who is reading this, to whip out your Model M if you like silent 40%s, or bring that Corsair with MX Reds out of retirement if you're an Alps guy, and let's give the old Micro Switch Hall Effects a go and take a break from your Beam Spring daily driver!
Post in here what you're doing that you have always hated, and how it feels. Then, over time, tell us how the progress is going! Maybe we can all learn to love each other and get along!