A brief reflection and look at how far our community has come since joining. I’ve been in the mechanical keyboard hobby for a very long time. It started as a high school student’s search for a keyboard for writing novels back in the 2008-2009 school year. I thought I wanted to be an author and I felt I needed a keyboard that I could sit down to at my desk and just write. After researching, joining forums, and saving money, I made my first purchase in the hobby, a blank black Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2. I still own this keyboard and while it is heavily modded now, it remains one of my all-time favorites. My HHKB Pro2 with MitchCapped Accents Many people would have stopped there, but keyboards became a hobby. I enjoyed learning about them, and early on, I enjoyed hunting for them in thrift shops. I would dig through bins at Goodwill and Salvation Army while popping keycaps off with paperclips looking for mechanical switches. I searched for a birthday Model M...
May 7, 2024
Anyway, the Deep Space DSA keyset was the first and last keyset I bought because it made some connection to my sci-fi interest, after the unusability of the deep space keyset, I'm no longer buying one of these keysets unless they have some impressive color selections
My fingers naturally sit at the very top of the key on the galaxy class set, right on the ridge. In fact, they often "slip" in between the top and second row of letter keys when they are at rest. I honestly think this is due to the non-contoured profile.
We have an old Das keyboard with Cherry ABS keycaps at work, and they are fine for me (except for the scooped home keys rather than raised bumps, but that's another post!). In the end, I think my fingers just want a keycap with a slant. At least I know this and can curb my spending in the future!