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Title: Article about Cherry company history
Post by: wolfv on Wed, 01 August 2018, 08:58:44

Here is a fun article about Cherry company history, including a video of the Cherry switch factory:
https://tedium.co/2018/07/19/cherry-mx-keyboard-history/ (https://tedium.co/2018/07/19/cherry-mx-keyboard-history/)

Title: Re: Article about Cherry company history
Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 01 August 2018, 10:11:29

Bad choice of font and layout on that size. I zoom out to make it easier to read and I get fewer characters per line, not more... *sigh*

Read it on Motherboard instead:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3qzy5/the-company-that-makes-mechanical-keyboards-clack
Same crime against good layout, but at least the font is readable.

Title: Re: Article about Cherry company history
Post by: Giorgio on Wed, 01 August 2018, 11:22:48

Thanks. I thought that it was still owned by zf. Good thing that they've been sold and that the patent expired, we're finally seeing some innovation.

Title: Re: Article about Cherry company history
Post by: Meowsaur on Wed, 01 August 2018, 13:14:37

Quote from: Findecanor on Wed, 01 August 2018, 10:11:29

I zoom out to make it easier to read and I get fewer characters per line, not more... *sigh*

I tried this. Made me laugh. It's true.

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And you don’t get more relatively niche than the keyboard switch, as far as gadgets go.

..

Considering many tech users see mechanical keyboards as being somewhat niche, that’s a lot.

Huh. Do people still consider it niche though?
You rarely find your average "gamer" without a mechanical keyboard, today.