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I'm sorry that this is going to be controversial and offensive but... I don't care about mechanical keyboards. I just want key rollover. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by drinkwaterkin@lemm.ee to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world

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I have a couple of them, but to be honest I'm not even sure if I like them more, or less, than rubber membrane keyboards. There's kind of a sharpness to the sounds they usually produce, almost a kind of plastic-on-plastic squeek, and I find that unpleasant. If I could afford it, or if they were affordable, I might give a Topre keyboard a try, but to be honest I really don't care enough about keyboards to worry about that.

The only reason I get mechanical keyboards is because those are often the only ones with n-key rollover. It's all about the games. It's wild to me that being able to press more than 3 keys simultaneously is still not standard in all keyboards, and it drives me crazy that the vast majority of built-in laptop keyboards have this problem.

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I also think chiclet keyboards are perfectly fine... except again, the lack of key rollover.

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[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My favorite keyboard is a chiclet keyboard. I like the travel distance, and it's very hard to accidentally hit neighboring keys with my fat fingers. I like that each key has a plastic border around it.

I also don't touch type the proper way. My hands are way too big for that. I almost-touch-type with two fingers on each hand, and I do alright.

I kinda want to try a mechanical chiclet, if they even exist, but not the clicky kind. A quiet one with medium stiffness. Less than a rubber membrane, but more than the super light ones I've used in the past. (Cherry reds)

[–] drinkwaterkin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Looks like there is at least one mechanical chiclet keyboard out there.