Where did white keyboards go?

[ivanjaros]

I have noticed a new trend of black keyboards about a decade ago. It was weird and I didn't care for it. But now, I am having big troubles finding white keyboards in general. Usually it is less than 10% of the offering in majority of stores.

So it makes me wonder, why is this happening? I believe that black keyboards are ergonomically bad from the contrast point of view so I am having hard time accepting this as a reasoning.

(and the lack of iso 105 layout keyboards is also an interesting topic for another day)

[TurboHaskal]

I think it is because they look old school and filthy. The former is the reason why I buy them, the latter is why I have to wash them more frequently than black keyboards.

[dddddaviddddd]

How do you wash your keyboards?

[TurboHaskal]

Mostly it is just the caps that get filthy, so I remove them and let them soak for a few hours under room temperature water with some dishwasher liquid. A few swipes with a cloth does it for the base.

If I need to clean the insides, I use some canned air spray.

[ivanjaros]

If it is not water resistant, you just pull off all the keys and simply clean it up. If it is water resistant(like Logitech K310), you simply wash it in one piece.

[SamReidHughes]

That was the old beige computer aesthetic, it went out with the iMac.

As long as you can get a white/gray Topre Realforce, it doesn't really matter.

[sandes]

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=white+keyboard&crid=DF1J05HVR9EV&...

[brudgers]

Behind the beige.

[LarryMade2]

Macintosh