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i actually really don't like mechanical keyboards. yes, the clicky ones, everyone's favorite. i'm sensitive to noise and using a mechanical keyboard makes it harder to concentrate for no good reason at all you can take my rubber domes from my cold dead hands

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Daniel Micay

@DanielMicay

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@whitequark

Most of the switch types aren't clicky, like MX Brown switches which are still tactile (can feel when they activate) without the click. MX Blue is similar with the click, and what many people use. There are also rubber dampeners for silencing noise from bottoming out the keys.

2:53 PM · May 12, 2019Twitter Web Client

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Nah, browns are still clicky compared to membranes, even with o-rings.

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It probably depends on the switches, but there isn't an audible click from activation with mine which are actual Cherry MX Browns. They do make a bit of noise when they travel, mostly when they pop back up, but it's not much different from a non-mechanical keyboard in my opinion.

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MX Blue is only an option if you live alone... or if you're a complete jerk. The only point over MX Brown is being able to hear when the keys activate but you can learn to type properly without bottoming out the keys with only the tactile MX Brown switches.

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tbh i always found tactile feedback from *chiclet* laptop keyboards more than enough. i don't need to feel key travel nearly as much as key boundaries, which appear quite critical

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I find that it makes my hands get significantly less sore. The tactile feedbacks from MX Browns (the the tactile feedback + click sound from MX Blues) is about teaching you not to bottom out the keys since they activate only part of the way down and it avoids all the shocks.

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