NumLock key did not register for me either, but I was too focused on the actual key feel, and just forgot...
The NumLock does work, at least it does now. It just doesn't show up in a test with Alpha's Key Test, so I supposed that the numpad uses it internally and never reports it as a key press to the OS.
Anyhow...
You're supposed to write up your thoughts on the numpad when sending it off to the next person, so here goes from the top row to the bottom:
From simply reading the posts on Geekhack for the past two moths or so, I really expected this one to be "It", so to speak. Everyone says how easy and smooth it is, and how with the tactile bump it's quite nice for typing. Maybe it is, but I don't care for it. It's a touch to lite. Resting my fingers on the key caps can start them moving downward, and the tactile point isn't as noticeable as I'm used to. If moving quickly, like when gaming, the tactile point is almost unnoticeable.
Again, going from posts about the forum, I was really expecting this switch to annoy me with it's noise. Another conclusion that didn't pan out! The noise is not something I'd miss if it wasn't there, but it compliments the tactile point and makes it that much more noticeable. It's not noise simply for noise's sake, it actually means something. The slightly heavier spring, compared to the browns, is also enough to keep the caps from depressing under fingers at rest. On the whole no-double-tap issue, I can sometimes
make the blues stop clicking by hovering right on the activation point and making short presses that don't get the little clicky bit moving. The key usually still registers, but it's not something I'm comfortable with.
There's so much hype around these things that I expected much more then they are. Surely they are the smoothest of the keys, but you really miss the tactile point. Where does the key activate? Who knows! I started looking up keyboards when the tactile point started disappearing from my rubber dome board, so these are definitely not what the doctor ordered. There's also some key movement, like the browns, when resting on the caps.
I was expecting these to be ridiculously heavy, in keeping with their reputation. They're are a bit much. Not the heavy handed finger killers I was expecting, at least not for those of us who aren't attuned to Browns. :wink: The heavy springs do at least resist falling away under a resting hand. Again though, I'm missing the tactile point.
Now that's a tactile point! It's very easy to hover right on the activation point and make short hops across it. The spring also gets quite stiff once you've passed the activation point, to the point where you almost feel like you've bottomed out. As a result, I never actually
do bottom out. What I end up with is quick, definitive key presses without actually smacking the plastic straight down. Now if only Deck made a tenkeyless Legend board...
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Soo... Thanks to SirClicksAlot for simultaneously sparing me from buying a mess of keyboards before finding what I want, and at the same time pointing me towards the most expensive Cherry MX boards around. :biggrin1: I'll mail the STN out on the way to work tomorrow morning.
