I see this comment quite a bit, with regard to not being able to detect a keystroke, and I honestly don't understand it.
For one, I type far too quickly for auditory feedback to be of any meaningful use. Second, a combination muscle memory and spring feedback usually catch situations where I've missed a key (I can feel that I hit it too lightly). Third, I find some of the mechanical keyboards to be too stiff and require more force to fully press each key, leaving my arms more fatigued at the end of the day.
I suppose it's individual preference, but the soft clicking I get from my laptop or Microsoft ergo keyboard (low-travel laptop style keys) are more than enough for me.
To add to your list of keyboard gripes though:
- Keys with sloped sides (an extension of "keytops too close together") that cause me to hit adjacent keys when I slightly miss
- "Fn" and Ctrl keys swapped. I was working with keyboard in a seldom-used office yesterday that caused me to repeatedly clear lines when I meant to hit Ctrl+C. I will be replacing that hunk o' junk.
- Absolutely no separation between Function keys and numeric keys.
For one, I type far too quickly for auditory feedback to be of any meaningful use. Second, a combination muscle memory and spring feedback usually catch situations where I've missed a key (I can feel that I hit it too lightly). Third, I find some of the mechanical keyboards to be too stiff and require more force to fully press each key, leaving my arms more fatigued at the end of the day.
I suppose it's individual preference, but the soft clicking I get from my laptop or Microsoft ergo keyboard (low-travel laptop style keys) are more than enough for me.
To add to your list of keyboard gripes though:
- Keys with sloped sides (an extension of "keytops too close together") that cause me to hit adjacent keys when I slightly miss
- "Fn" and Ctrl keys swapped. I was working with keyboard in a seldom-used office yesterday that caused me to repeatedly clear lines when I meant to hit Ctrl+C. I will be replacing that hunk o' junk.
- Absolutely no separation between Function keys and numeric keys.