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Offline exousia7

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Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« on: Fri, 05 October 2012, 03:15:17 »
Saw this on Ducky's Facebook page. Seems like a pretty cool idea but too bad I'm more of a tactile-switches kind of person haha. What do you guys think?

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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 05 October 2012, 03:34:54 »
Didn't you know the switch makes ZERO difference.. As long as it's cherry..
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 05 October 2012, 04:02:19 »
Should be mixed Topre and MX. Where is your god now?
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 05 October 2012, 05:41:10 »
^^ That looks like a typist's keyboard - reds on the alphanumeric keys for quick typing, and stiffer springs on everything else so a casual user does not press the wrong keys accidentally.
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 05 October 2012, 09:25:04 »
Makes me want a variable cherry switch board :p

Except something like:
Pinky keys: mx red
Ring keys: mx brown
Middle keys: ergo clear
Index keys: ergo clear
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 07 October 2012, 05:34:30 »
@rowdy according to Ducky's post it claims that this mix switch setup is supposed to be ergonomic.

@stingrae you can change the switches yourself except difficulty will depend on which keyboard you want to change the switches... ><
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Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 07 October 2012, 05:37:07 »
That would kinda make sense - the stiffer switches are operated by the stronger fingers, and the lighter switches by the weaker fingers, reducing hand strain.
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 07 October 2012, 05:55:19 »
I still prefer tactile switches though instead of linear non-tactile switches.....
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 07 October 2012, 06:14:17 »
Are those MX gray MX1A-21xx (linear) or MX1A-D1xx (Tactile)?
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 07 October 2012, 06:42:49 »
Linear MX gray switches. All the key switches are linear switches.
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 07 October 2012, 10:49:32 »
I think the greys on win and caps is a good move, but probably overkill on the function etc as they are already seperated it would be pretty hard to press them on accident. At least they are trying out some different things, maybe they will do something similar with tactile and clicky switches too.
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 07 October 2012, 11:54:41 »
I want this keyboard :)
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #12 on: Mon, 08 October 2012, 02:07:23 »
How about these? Ducky is at it again:
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #13 on: Mon, 08 October 2012, 02:27:21 »
They are doing it wrong, right?
It should be lighter keys at modifiers imo.
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #14 on: Mon, 08 October 2012, 04:15:07 »
Not really - heavier modifiers means it is less likely to accidentally press them.  Again this seems like a typist's layout - the alpha-numerics are what 99% of typing comprises, so the lighter keys make this less stressful on the fingers and hands.

The really old mechanical typewriters - the shift key physically shifted the entire top part of the typewriter up so that the lower part of the metal fingers that struck the paper hit the ribbon (sorry about the terminology), resulting in upper case characters..  Those ones you really had to push down hard on the shift keys to lift a hunk of metal up.

Something like that, anyway.
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #15 on: Mon, 08 October 2012, 07:52:30 »
I remember when they used to have these on Taobao a while back. I like their ideas, but have been hesitant with their "quality" that lots of members doesn't like. Though, most likely, its an illusion as we all spend lots of money on keyboards, thus we expect them all to be the best.
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #16 on: Mon, 08 October 2012, 11:08:10 »
Wonder why they only used 2 switch type on clicky and tactile version? There are 3 switch for each of those too. I was hoping they would do it with blue, white and green... oh well.
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Re: Ducky 9008 G2 PRO with mixed switches
« Reply #17 on: Mon, 08 October 2012, 20:50:51 »
I guess they decided they don't need any heavier switches? Haha.
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