Re:Beginner’s guide to mechanical keyboards
by vladvasiliu on Friday April 30, 2021 @11:44AM
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I think it's a question of habit. I use both membrane and Gateron brown switches, one or the other for longer periods of time, and I find that I tend to get used to the lighter force needed for the mechanical, to the point that for a while, when getting back to membrane, I miss keys.
I think that's most of us. People who can stop after the bump certainly have trained in that way of typing, possibly even learned it that way from the start.
Re:Beginner’s guide to mechanical keyboards
by ben7799 on Friday April 30, 2021 @11:03AM
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Interestingly I'm old enough that I learned to type on buckling spring type keyboards.
But back when I was learning no one ever even discussed any of this stuff. I didn't meet the first person I knew with RSI till I got out of college. My first manager out of college had a bad case of it and she had all kinds of keyboards she was always trying to alleviate pain.
If I am a "conscientious typist" and I am actively/awarely concentrating on my fingers with MX browns I move my fingers with smaller travel and just go a little past the tactile bump and I'm fine.
But as soon as I'm concentrating more on code, or trying to type fast, or under stress I start hitting the keys more quitckly and forcefully and I hit the bottom stop and that's when the keys start causing RSI type forces to build up.
I don't have to be conscientious with most other types of switches. Theres something different about the feedback cycle and for me almost anything provides better feedback than the mechanical switches.