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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: Halverson on Sat, 25 February 2017, 16:56:23

Title: GMK Rainbow
Post by: Halverson on Sat, 25 February 2017, 16:56:23

https://en.zfrontier.com/products/gmk-rainbow


Saw an IC thread last night and now today it's edited and deleted. Figured GH should still see this bright set!

Title: Re: GMK Rainbow
Post by: YoungMichael88 on Sat, 25 February 2017, 17:00:40

Great looking set! GMK colours will really make this pop! I would definitely consider this! 11/10

Title: Re: GMK Rainbow
Post by: ander on Sat, 25 February 2017, 19:39:30

It doesn't look kind of, you know, juvenile? Must be a matter of taste.   :rolleyes:

Title: Re: GMK Rainbow
Post by: Halverson on Sat, 25 February 2017, 20:00:20

Quote from: ander on Sat, 25 February 2017, 19:39:30

It doesn't look kind of, you know, juvenile? Must be a matter of taste.   :rolleyes:

I've gathered that most people love bland colors here, didn't know it was juvenile to like loud and bright things ;)

Title: Re: GMK Rainbow
Post by: Techno Trousers on Sun, 26 February 2017, 12:55:25

Those are some real Skittles colors.

Title: Re: GMK Rainbow
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 26 February 2017, 20:11:21

Maybe there's hope for Handarbeit if they can mix up colours like this.

Title: Re: GMK Rainbow
Post by: Halverson on Sun, 26 February 2017, 21:26:15

Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 26 February 2017, 20:11:21

Maybe there's hope for Handarbeit if they can mix up colours like this.

Exactly what I was thinking! Was meaning to link this to rowdy :)

Title: Re: GMK Rainbow
Post by: ander on Sun, 26 February 2017, 22:28:46

Quote from: Halverson on Sat, 25 February 2017, 20:00:20

I've gathered that most people love bland colors here, didn't know it was juvenile to like loud and bright things ;)

Well, guess I'm just showing my age. I grew up with the first PCs, and historically, the reason to have certain keys in certain colours was to differentiate their functions—whether it was to distinguish the alphanumeric area, make F-keys easier to find, set off tenkey number keys from operands, emphasize special keys like Esc, Shift, Ctrl, Alt, etc. There were reasons they were certain colours.

Simply using diagonal stripes of bright colours across the whole board seems rather pointless, like cluttering your car's dashboard with a bunch of indicators that don't mean anything. It's pretty and all, but it seems like it'd obscure what the keys were rather than helping you find 'em.

But then, we're not supposed to look at the keys when we type anyway, so maybe it doesn't matter... But if you don't look at the keys, why bother having all those colours in the first place?

Clearly, there's more going on here than meets the eye. Whatever blows your skirt up, in the long run.

Title: Re: GMK Rainbow
Post by: ander on Sun, 26 February 2017, 22:32:11

(https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-4e1b31ecefd958ebf2c3f8e8f5f68d6f-c)

Title: Re: GMK Rainbow
Post by: Halverson on Sun, 26 February 2017, 22:37:21

Quote from: ander on Sun, 26 February 2017, 22:32:11

Show Image

(https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-4e1b31ecefd958ebf2c3f8e8f5f68d6f-c)

Those guys scare me



And I get what you're saying, there definitely is not right or wrong. I for one can appreciate all the spectrums of keyboards and probably have an unhealthy obsession of just admiring them without he need for touching.