Keyboard Wonderland – ENGLISH Version – Part I
What do we really wish for?
We are going to take a quick break before continuing with the Mainstream category because we need to talk about what we want to get out of a keyboard. There are many reasonable requirements, such as silence and typing comfort, and also some more unusual requirements as well. We will also need to consider that true silent keyboards can become extremely expensive to build.
There are requirements like typing angle, ergonomics, sound signature, anodisation quality and colours available, software support. And there are so many options that it is difficult to learn what you wish for because buying all the things is unfeasible.
When I am asked what keyboard I recommend I am asking back two questions. One being what keyboard are they using right now. And if the answer to the first question has a relatively normal answer I am asking the second – what budget is available for the purchase. And this is where I get astonished looks and the question “but how much can a keyboard cost, my dear sir?” with dilated pupils akin to my cat’s when I tease him with a sausage or constricted by the fear of the great unknown.
Comentarii
Kinesis copied Maltron.
Ian, I’m sorry, but if you point far enough backwards in time a germ gets blamed for splitting in two. Maltron had the ideas but the execution has been thoroughly terrible throughout time and they never caught on. At the same time I didn’t want to touch upon too much history because the article is complex enough as it is.
That being said, Kinesis is one of the first actually ergonomic keyboards that is actually good and was available and came up in searches online back around 2005ish, so I went with it as the contemporary origins. Maltron will always be remembered for this abomination which sold for $400 – https://youtu.be/fkGpFeUQ49Y
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