I have fallen in love with them all for one reason or another. Nowadays, I just cycle through the collection. Today its a filco with brown cherries, tomorrow...?
:)
no topres, eh?
edit: i had to vote for buckling spring... i can beat the crap out of them when need be, without doing too much harm to my fingers ;)
This is slightly different than what you might be thinking. This is a more general poll.
You need to read this (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=7112) thread. More specifically, from page five onwards.
What's the purpose of this poll? How come there isn't a Capacative Switch option?
MX users aren't zealots like the Buckling Spring crowd. Just quiet thoughtful types.
OK, who voted ALPS? Fess up.
MX users aren't zealots like the Buckling Spring crowd. Just quiet thoughtful types.
OK, who voted ALPS? Fess up.
I don't care how you vote as long as you don't vote Buckling Spring. The poll is always more interesting when they lose because they have a fit.
I have two Cherry brown keyboards, and I like the one with the shorter keycaps, the Compaq to type on more than the Cherry branded keyboard, as the subtlety of the tactile point of the browns seems to be more obvious with a shorter keystroke, and bottoming out doesn't seem quite as wasteful.
only way i could see varying it is maybe if the keycap outer shell hit the keyboard casing before the switch finished bottoming out, in which case, you could REDUCE the 'throw'
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what i am saying is, are some/all keys limited by the caps? a 'taller' cap can only 'reduce' the distance to bottoming out.
unless i don't get it.
Okay, the key is shallower, more of the stem is covered by the keycap, so the key appears to actuate faster than a deeper keycap. Does that make sense?wait, so how long the (+) part (looking from underneath the key cap) is is what stops the key?
I doubt the cap stops the switch before the switch bottoms out. That would be a design failure.
alright so what is the terminology then
if there is none or we dont know it how about:
"outer cap" to describe what i was saying "there's no way" about, and
"inner stem sleeve" to describe what i think might actually stop the key (and what you seem to be talking about)
a taller "outer cap" should do nothing, as it should not matter.
a taller "inner stem sleeve" that covers more of the stem should actually prevent the switch from fully going down, reducing the throw, but hopefully not TOO much...
in which case, a "shorter" "keycap" would provide longer throw...
still extremely curious
EDIT and if the switch's internals actually stop the key, then any different results from the cap are purely placebo. your fingers might be starting out lower from the desk but they would move the same distance.
Model Fs and Ms are different. One uses a capacitive switch and the other uses a membrane switch. That's why they should be separated in this poll.
Bwahahahahahahah!
so the keycaps cannot affect it at all.
My BS board came yesterday, and I replaced the rivets with screws (more than half of them were broken) today... now I just need a PS/2 adapter so I can actually use the damn thing.
But just from banging around on it, I think I'll be voting BS :-P
(And I thought people only voted for BS on the first tuesday after the first monday in november...)
You seriously don't have a PS/2 port on your computer? Or is it a laptop?
The real fun will happen when USB is replaced. And there's talk of technologies that could start to replace it within the next 5-10 years.
Eventually we'll need a string of adapters 5 deep to use a decent keyboard.
USB 3.0 is backwards compatible. You can see where they just stuffed more pins in where it didn't affect the old design. So I think it's more likely that far far later, it still LOOKS like a USB plug, but has a ton more stuff inside. It with glow like a Toslink plug because of its optical connection, etc.
I wasn't talking about USB3, was moreso referring to Intel Light Peak and the like...
Did someone recant their vote for BS? I swear BS had 12 votes yesterday.
Ugghhh... I'd rather have all my different types of cords.
ALPS polls are always easy. You only have 3 people. They can just PM each other.
The Fukka Tsunami ended up being a 3 inch wave.
the fukka tsunami ended up being a 3 inch wave.
That switch will also fade pretty quickly unless you can make it put a character onto a PC screen. I know, I'm picky.
That switch will also fade pretty quickly unless you can make it put a character onto a PC screen. I know, I'm picky.
I don't care if its the best switch that exists
Seems like a legitimate complaint to me. I don't care if its the best switch that exists, because 1) It's too rare, and 2) It's too much work and research to get it to work with a modern computer.Well, the rarity kills it for me. I would like to get it to work should I have one though - at least it sounds challenging.
I'm voting BS.
Well, I'm calling BS. So there.