On 2013-09-29 02:30, Trevor Cordes wrote:

On 2013-09-28 John Lange wrote:

I honestly don't know what you old fogies are going on about... Those old keyboards are stiff and hard to type on. I can type about 30% faster on a laptop keyboard that has minimal key travel than I can on

OMG, laptop keyboards and modern cheap PC keyboards are complete
garbage, and the Mac Air / Intel Ultrabook super thin ones are even
worse!  I don't know how you can stand to use them, let alone believe
they speed up your typing.

I see you missed the "TROLL" tag in  John's email...

*Some* people type faster on tactile keyboards, whereas other people type faster on chicklets or low-key-travel mechanisms.  I think it largely depends what you learned to type on, and also on how you process sensory information and how your brain handles the task of typing.

FWIW, I haven't used a clicky keyboard in >2yrs (or so) and am quite able to live without one.  I *do* still miss them, though.  Even the semi-tactile ones like the MS Natural Keyboard are better than the soft-touch keyboard I use right now.  (For those of you that are wondering: I needed a very lightweight, low-force keyboard for use with my Erogotron sit/stand monitor stand, to stop the monitor from bouncing all over the place!)

-Adam