Recently I started thinking about switching to mechanical keyboard (currently I use a standard curved keyboard where I can touch type). As one of my coworkers had a sample set of switches I could try a few and I liked the clear switches the best (with both greys on second and brown on close third). As he had a clear keyboard I borrowed it for a day. While it had a very good feeling I've noticed that something's 'wrong' with my wrist after day of typing on that keyboard, which made me consider my options before making decisions.
About my use-case:
- I'm programmer and I use emacs/xmonad so I use relatively large number of special keys and symbols
- While I currently touch type I usually use 2-4 fingers
- Programmability of keyboard would be an additional plus as KVM switch requires 5 key presses to switch by keyboard
- I do use the laptop from time to time
I've thought so far about following keyboards:
- Standard flat mechanical keyboard with a wrist rest and/or adjustment of height of desk. This seems to be fastest (no relearning) & cheapest option.
- TEK keyboard - it seems nice though it's doesn't seems to be very programmable
- Kinesis Advantage - it seems bulky and intimidating but I've read some good reviews. Also the feature list includes the macros
- ErgoDox - it's not immediately available as I don't have any workbench for soldering. However it should have great programmability
(This is almost a repost from new member forum but I did get a suggestion there to post here and I could not find any guideline regarding reposting etiquette)
