[tarsius]

I am somewhat confused by all the love for mechanical keyboards. Don't get me wrong I absolutely agree that a good keyboard is a great investment and think that about 99.99% of all keyboards are complete garbage.

What I don't understand is how someone can spend so much time and/or money getting just the right key switch and researching the right amount of lube to be applied on the inside of those switches, but at the same time not get/build a keyboard that fixes the two major defects shared by 99.99% (probably understating it) of all keyboards.

Instead of telling you what those defects are I invite you to notice them on your own by moving away the keyboard and mouse and what else is on your desk and instead place you hands on the plate and looking at them for a few minutes.

Once you notice those two characteristics of your hands you should also see how your current keyboard (be that an apple/dell/logitech or fancy keyboard for $1000) completely fails to take those into account.

Sure, lube you key switches, I am sure that improves your typing experience too, but compared to fixing the two defects of most keyboards those improvements are only marginal.

[rambojazz]

I don't understand. Are you talking about ortho keyboards?

[cptMayhem]

Column staggered keyboards exist, if that's your point.

[tarsius]

My point is that I find it difficult to understand how someone can invest so much time/money improving their typing experience without realizing that such a keyboard is the way to go.

I am guessing that it is because we are all so used to "normal" keyboards that it is not enough to be explicitly told what isn't so great about them and being shown a picture of the alternative to overcome the "wow, that surely is a keyboard for freaks designed by freaks" reaction.

And I though that having those two insights about anatomy on your own might just be enough for some to be more open to those freakish keyboards. After all that's what I did; it might work for others too. Back when I bought my first Kinesis Advantage nobody talked about such keyboards. One day I looked at my hands and then at my keyboard and realized that that can't possibly be the best there is. Then I went on the still young internet and searched for something reasonable().

() Of course such keyboards have disadvantages too. Mainly they tend to be on the bulky side, which isn't so great for traveling.