I’m genuinely just confused what the hype is with HHKB. It sounds just like a membrane but for 250 dollars. What the hell is the hype about?
I’m genuinely just confused what the hype is with HHKB. It sounds just like a membrane but for 250 dollars. What the hell is the hype about?
The inconsistent feel is the goal as it’s supposed to be harder or easier to type certain keys based on where your fingers are.
The tactility of topre is heavily based on the weighting. Lots of people just get the higher weighted ones.
Lately, new MX style key switches have become available that allow a more pronounced tactility than was available for a decade when the HHKB was a big deal, so that’s fine. It’s usually not quite as sharp if you know what I mean. It’s the difference between the tactility of blue Alps and blue MX switches IMO. Similar in gross measurement, but Alps is crisper and sharper. Feels like you’re punching a hole in the keyboard. Topre feels more like you’re using anal beads and the very tactile MX style switches feel more like you’re trying to drop a huge poop.
10/10 ender there
Variable switch weighting is on only on certain realforce boards I think, not HHKB. And it doesn’t affect tactility afaik, just different dome weights.
You might be right on them all being the same, which would be weird on the tactility. I might be misremembering about the Realtorce.
The weighting does effect the tactility though pretty strongly. The heavier are more tactile, or at least feel that way, while the lighter ones are almost linear, almost exactly as he described, in the one I borrowed from my topre fanboy classmate about 10 years ago, so the memory is a bit fuzzy