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ItIsWritten:
--- Quote from: matt-taco on Sun, 24 September 2023, 19:03:34 ---XT or 96 key layouts are 1000% the best layouts. If you get good with it, you won't have to use a mouse a mouse for most tasks, AND you don't have to move your wrist too!!!!
The only downside is getting used to toggling the numlock and the new position for the nav keys.
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So they can be improved if they have a downside?
Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G986B met Tapatalk
matt-taco:
--- Quote from: ItIsWritten on Mon, 25 September 2023, 03:36:22 ---
--- Quote from: matt-taco on Sun, 24 September 2023, 19:03:34 ---XT or 96 key layouts are 1000% the best layouts. If you get good with it, you won't have to use a mouse a mouse for most tasks, AND you don't have to move your wrist too!!!!
The only downside is getting used to toggling the numlock and the new position for the nav keys.
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So they can be improved if they have a downside?
Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G986B met Tapatalk
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What I meant by downside, was, a steep learning curve. Once you get over it, it is not a problem
TomahawkLabs:
My unpopular opinion: Soldered switch PCBs are superior to hot swap. Hot swap is great for if you want to try out new switches or are into modding switches, but soldering provides additional mechanical fastening allowing for an easier time removing keycaps and doing general cleaning.
mohawk1367:
--- Quote from: TomahawkLabs on Thu, 05 October 2023, 08:35:18 ---My unpopular opinion: Soldered switch PCBs are superior to hot swap. Hot swap is great for if you want to try out new switches or are into modding switches, but soldering provides additional mechanical fastening allowing for an easier time removing keycaps and doing general cleaning.
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How does it make it easier to clean?
Rhienfo:
--- Quote from: TomahawkLabs on Thu, 05 October 2023, 08:35:18 ---My unpopular opinion: Soldered switch PCBs are superior to hot swap. Hot swap is great for if you want to try out new switches or are into modding switches, but soldering provides additional mechanical fastening allowing for an easier time removing keycaps and doing general cleaning.
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Agree with this, It also makes boards sound better (I'm not 100% sure why, but I think it has to do with switches having gaps in between the sockets which sound can go through, rather than soldering which doesn't have those gaps)
Plus it's slightly cheaper and fun to do, for any custom I don't know why you wouldn't but that's just me. You probably should have a hotswap board for modding switches as you said anyway.
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