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well with smartphones you have haptic feedback. so unless that technology improves enough to provide as good an accuracy, and typing we've come to appreciate on a mkb, then i don't think keyboards will be going away.

even rubberdome keyboards will still be around if only due to being cheap.



only way mkb will be dead is once minotiry report level of tech finally becomes a thing

Just an example of a skeuomorphism ( a concept first invented by archaeologist Henry March in 1890. There are more definitions than you can count, but broadly it refers to the aspects of an object’s design that no longer have a function)









https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001637.htm


so unfortunately something outdated like QWERTY is still in use regardless of more logically thought out layouts better suited for the job.

But it takes time to learn a new layout, ontop of having to worry whether a game or app supports it, and as gamers the WASD is quite important as well but qwerty isn't going away anytime soon.

So using that as a basis i doubt that some of these outdated skeuomorphisms will necessarily be dying off anytime soon, especially if we are already habitually hooked into their usage.

I did try dvorak out of curiosity but quickly reverted back to QWERTY after a while.

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Oct 25 2017, 05:10 PM

now even virtual got keyboard

saw a nice shop local shop selling mech keyboards. i'll go check it out this week :} they got mech keyboard, keycaps and gaming chairs.





This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Nov 17 2017, 07:47 PM

So this was the MKB shop i went to go visit. This is a very good place if you intend to purchase Ducky MKB and some of the other brands locally in Malaysia (these days no longer have to import, local market now has reliable distributors). They got an online store at lazada, or you can buy direct from their shop located at Pelangi Square, Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

https://www.ultimatchsolution.com.my/


another great thing about this store is they also have teaching sessions if your interested to learn about soldering so you can DIY by switching out switches when the need arises. You can then buy new switches and install it yourself when some switches has issues, or you can modify your switch layout with different switch types. They even had some models with modular switches that don't require soldering. It's just remove/replace (no soldiering involved).


also if you are a serious buyer, you can try out MKB before making your decision which switch and model you like most. they don't mind.






Most of the lowyat members probably will go for something more minimal and budget oriented. So i also checked for that at the store for their budget minded model, i saw these that i liked








they got other brands too, but these were the ones i looked at the most.



One of the newest switches i tried was a Cherry silver. this video is an example of these switches in action. i tried and it's and it's something like a RED brown hybrid. red with tactile similar to a brown. actuation similar to a red but with tactile feedback which is more to my tastes.



Silver and Brown are my favorites atm

PS: some of these ducky mkbs with pbt, they also add in spare pbt keycaps which is a nice extra.


*update

added very high quality pics in imgur album gallery via links. also due to pic limit, so added most of the pics to imgur gallery if you want to see


This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Nov 20 2017, 03:05 PM

noticed that amazon is having some heavy discounts year end. spotted this
https://www.amazon.com/KrBn-Typewriter-Stea...d/dp/B06ZZ3X3P5

This is one for the record books. the largest mechanical keyboard in the world o_O: and it's a razer



https://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2018/01/12/r...ard-size-table/




maybe once humans evolve to become giants, there will be a mkb ready for them

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jan 13 2018, 06:47 PM

low profile cherry mx switches, debut ces 2018 solution for laptops?


https://www.lowyat.net/2018/152382/ces-2018...g-laptops-soon/



This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jan 15 2018, 01:58 PM

np

yes things are indeed getting more interesting



This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jan 23 2018, 10:14 PM