New HHKB - The HHKB Pro Type-S

[guilleguillaume]

With this video nobody can imagine how different is the sound.

The man who is spaming the Topre switches should hit his own head with the keyboard...

To show differences we should see something like these videos:

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[theferenc]

Ah, ok. Those are definitely different. The silent model is too quiet, for me anyway. I *like* the sounds my HHKB makes, and I wouldn't want them to be any quieter.

[isp]

I wonder if we'll be able to buy the little dampeners from EK.  

That type-s logo is pretty sexy though, and I've always wanted to own both colors...

[HairyTroll]

To use arrow keys is exceptional situation for most users of HHKB:)
People say: Change your OS. Change your window manager. Change your editor...

 
Unfortunately Emacs+org-mode relies on the arrow keys for a lot of functionality.

[hasu]

rodya,
My Fn key is "non-dedicated" in my terminology:)
HHKB's Fn key itself never send a keycode, so I'd call it "dedicated" to a layer switching.

In case of my Fn key:
If you press and realease Fn key normally you get a normal keycode as the keycap legend says(space, ';' or '/').
If you hold down Fn key and type HJKL at one time you can get a keycode on the Fn layer.

You can "non-dedicated" Fn key on any keys except modifiers, though
it has a problem on unintentional layer switching during fast typing.

@hasu
I looked at your keymap layers and don't see semicolon anywhere.  How do you type it?  Also, do you use fn key to type forward slash?  If so, doesn't that make life in shell difficult?  (mostly with cd, and also with vim search)

@skwan
Nice!  Does it come with the Red Control keycap?

Edit: Oops, I just saw your semicolon is on layer 4.  So I guess you use fn key for that?  Also, how does space as fn key work?

[Zhuni]

Ah, ok. Those are definitely different. The silent model is too quiet, for me anyway. I *like* the sounds my HHKB makes, and I wouldn't want them to be any quieter.

 
Same. ^^^^

[skwan]

Thanks Zhuni for the vids! seen it already. What i meant was a comparison between low noise realforce with low noise hhkb, but damn that vid for the hhkb pro is loud... thats some strong fingers, i try reproducing that noise on mine, and can't get close to that... but tbh, i do find hhkb louder than cherry when topping out (i type slightly faster on brown, and with less noise @~80-90 wps, but topre is just too smooth to not use), so this low noise hhkb should be nice for me, my boss banned my hhkb due to it being too loud (for taking notes during meeting/court, i would just spam in order to keep up, so it is quite loud)