Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by userbinator 3526 days ago
What I find amusing is that through the series of videos, the "keyboard" slowly morphs from something with plenty of tactile feedback, moving keys, and other "physicalness" to a tactile-less flashy touchscreen thing that I would not want to be typing on for any length of time. Nevermind the fact that the keys can show images that change; to me, a good keyboard is one I can operate effortlessly and comfortably without looking at it.

At the other extreme, there's http://www.daskeyboard.com/

1 comments

I've been using a Das Keyboard Ultimate for the past couple of years, I love the feel of it. I've got the Cherry Brown switches so it's a tad quieter than the full clicky ones, too. They're very vulnerable to liquids, though - one teaspoon-sized splash of water on mine and the 'w' key stopped working. In the end I pulled it apart and swapped the switches around (who uses scroll lock anyway?) and it's fine again, but I was surprised how little it took.