Even a good rubber dome is bad.
I keep a few around, just because, but it is not a pleasant experience to actually use one.
Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.
They aren't that bad.
I use the rubber dome keyboard when I get pissed at the browns I keep at work.
that wasn't all you found in the closet was it? :DNope, he also found Tom Cruise.
Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.there is one IBM that uses domes that i actually prefer to topre. HaaTa brought one to the Bay Area meetup and i wanted to sneak it into my box of keyboards to take home :))
Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.there is one IBM that uses domes that i actually prefer to topre. HaaTa brought one to the Bay Area meetup and i wanted to sneak it into my box of keyboards to take home :))
not sure if it was topre or just a similar capacitive + dome design. i can't recall the connector.Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.there is one IBM that uses domes that i actually prefer to topre. HaaTa brought one to the Bay Area meetup and i wanted to sneak it into my box of keyboards to take home :))
That IS a Topre switch though, no? er Protopre
not sure if it was topre or just a similar capacitive + dome design. i can't recall the connector.Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.there is one IBM that uses domes that i actually prefer to topre. HaaTa brought one to the Bay Area meetup and i wanted to sneak it into my box of keyboards to take home :))
That IS a Topre switch though, no? er Protopre
an ibm keyboard with topre switches?
Something tells me this thread is going to turn into a Topre-bash party...
Something tells me this thread is going to turn into a Topre-bash party...I typed on a Topre rubber dome today and I was positively content!
been using an apple a1048 rubberdome, just as good as topre/cherry imho..
been using an apple a1048 rubberdome, just as good as topre/cherry imho..Did you lose your fingers in a bizarre gardening accident?
Someone already refer about NMB?
The company was a manufacturer of good rubber dome keyboard.
Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.I agree. I felt one at my old job and I loved typing on it. I think it also had PBT caps as well.
Higher quality rubber dome keyboards such as the non-buckling spring IBMs are surprisingly good. I use one at work that I found in the closet.I agree. I felt one at my old job and I loved typing on it. I think it also had PBT caps as well.
My teenage daughter has one of those. She loves it because "it is white"
My teenage daughter has one of those. She loves it because "it is white"
It is a truly horrible board, even worse than the "Apple Design Keyboard" - which is at least worth buying out of a junk pile for a dollar for the nice Alps-compatible PBT caps.
My teenage daughter has one of those. She loves it because "it is white"
It is a truly horrible board, even worse than the "Apple Design Keyboard" - which is at least worth buying out of a junk pile for a dollar for the nice Alps-compatible PBT caps.
Have you tried the Dell Quiet Key? They feel kind of nice!
Also, in the late 1990s-early-2000s Compaq made several really nice rubber domes.
Rootwyrm, you don't have a teenage daughter, I suppose?
I'm forced to use a crappy rubberdome at work. Tempted to bring my topre to work, but the school's IT policy is a bit rough.They won't even let you bring a keyboard to school? The ****?
My school uses those Lenovos...they're TERRIBLE
Tempted to pack my Leopold, but I'm afraid of losing it (almost forgot my laptop once) and/or it getting stolen :( (I also don't have anything else to use at home when I get there...)
My school uses those Lenovos...they're TERRIBLE
Tempted to pack my Leopold, but I'm afraid of losing it (almost forgot my laptop once) and/or it getting stolen :( (I also don't have anything else to use at home when I get there...)
It's funny because most people don't seem to have any clue how expensive my keyboards are. Any thief probably resides here on geekhack :D.
there is no better way to make your teenage offspring think your hobby is lame than to try to get them into it.My teenage daughter has one of those. She loves it because "it is white"
It is a truly horrible board, even worse than the "Apple Design Keyboard" - which is at least worth buying out of a junk pile for a dollar for the nice Alps-compatible PBT caps.
JESUSSSSS buy her a white keycap white base mechanical
Are you trying to make your daughter finger less? :P
My work has a strict IT policy, but what I did was ask permission until somebody said yes in writing that I could bring my own devices. I also explained the benefits of ergonomic devices. Now I have that permission in writing and I can reference that email anytime somebody might comment. Here's the thing about IT: they probably despise their job as much as the next person, so they most likely will not bring down the hammer if they see you using your Leopold.
there is no better way to make your teenage offspring think your hobby is lame than to try to get them into it.My teenage daughter has one of those. She loves it because "it is white"
It is a truly horrible board, even worse than the "Apple Design Keyboard" - which is at least worth buying out of a junk pile for a dollar for the nice Alps-compatible PBT caps.
JESUSSSSS buy her a white keycap white base mechanical
Are you trying to make your daughter finger less? :P
After using mechanical boards (blue switches) for just a few weeks, I don't HATE rubber domes (per say), but I do notice how not nice they feel all of a sudden. I guess it's only a matter of time...
My work has a strict IT policy, but what I did was ask permission until somebody said yes in writing that I could bring my own devices. I also explained the benefits of ergonomic devices. Now I have that permission in writing and I can reference that email anytime somebody might comment. Here's the thing about IT: they probably despise their job as much as the next person, so they most likely will not bring down the hammer if they see you using your Leopold.
Well regarding my work's IT policy, any type of peripheral could potentially be a keylogger or unverified storage on the network that could collect, steal, macro functions. PSU strips can do this even, along with mouse and keyboard+usb stuffs. Its funny cause, our department isn't exactly needing rigorous policies as much due to our location as the IT HQ is in the same building. Seemingly more ironic, i'm not even doing anything related IT in the building so I get to endure the wrath of the overzealous nerds enforced to the building plebs.
This is all in your head... guys..
The difference is NOT so radical between dome vs cherry mx..
and between topre and dome, there's virtually no difference at all.
Even with my beloved Egdx, the only difference that's notable is LONG term usage. where the regular flat keyboards give me shoulder and wrist pain..
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I still reckon that typing on a rubber dome keyboard feels like typing on a sponge.
I still reckon that typing on a rubber dome keyboard feels like typing on a sponge.
some people like sponge...