Okey, so guess what? MY HHKB FINALLY CAME!!!
I'm not sure wether I like it or not yet though, I guess time will tell. I honestly don't like how the topres feel atm. It simply feels weird right now. Bear in mind this is my first time ever typing on a topre switch though, so I'll try to get used to it before I say anything. And for some weird reason: I got the third DIP switch enabled, but the delete still works as a delete, and not as a BS, anyone knows why?
EDIT: Just replugged the thing and now it works fine ^^ Anyways, just to clarify my problem with the topres; it just isn't that instant satisfaction that I was first expecting to get :c Anyone want to add something?
Yes I want to add this: you have read too much about Topre. They are good, but so are Cherry MX switches. The problem is that there are people singing the praise of Topre for whatever reason, and they are so vocal about it that it creates a reality distortion field.
Disclaimer: I'm typing this on Topre (Realforce 87U). Last week I would have been typing this on Cherry MX brown, blue or red.
Oh, and don't worry: given the price you have paid for the HHKB, you will love it in a few days. It's automatic. It comes with the price tag.
Funny thing is, I learned the psychology behind that thoughtprocess a couple months ago (studying psychology). We'll see if it still works ) And yes, I've defo gotten a bit too hyped 'cause of all the praise, but I was also prepared that I might NOT like it ^^' We'll see how I feel 'bout it in a couple weeks.. if I REALLY don't like it, I can just sell it!
Now that's interesting. Can you please elaborate on this psychological side? Because I'm absolutely convinced that we are almost unable to be objective when it comes to keyboards, and I would really like to know about the underlying psychological mechanics behind this.
One thing I have noticed, is that even when we are convinced that the "feel" (tactile feel) of the switch is the most important thing, we are actually heavily influenced by the sound it makes. But most of the time we do not realize it.
I assume you mean something else that what our senses tell us.
Well, I'll be honest and say that I'm not an expert on this yet, I'm just barely done with my first year
) And I realise what I said earlier was not really accurate. I don't know the "thoughtprocess" per se, I just know that such a process of liking something just simply because you've put effort into it is a real thing. What's interesting though, it's been "proven" (best word I could think of) in a couple experiments that for example buyer's "argumentation", and how you start to like something if you've put enough effort into gaining it (for example lots of money), actually is a "real" satisfaction.
There's no difference between that and the satisfaction you feel for something at once (according to these experiments). The same goes for happiness, the happiness you imagine, will sooner or later become a "real" happiness. They took people with extreme demencia and let them rank 5 pictures from which they liked the best to worst. Then they were given the picture (for a few minutes, before they took it back) they liked second best. Then, a couple hours later when everything was completely forgotten, they did the same thing again, only this time they actually rated the picture they the first time had said to been second best as the best. In other words, there is a real cognitive change in the brain that helps you be happy with what you got (if that's what you'd like to call it).
This is, however, not something I've read in any proper psychology books, just something I found in my leisure time, and I've never seen any documention of the experiments or anything, so it could ofc be completely false
) I still think it's an interesting concept though!