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This isn't a question asking if you could have any keyboard what would it be, i'm asking what is your ideal keyboard. My ideal keyboard would be something with a small form factor that is still very functional. Massdrop has already sold many of these keyboard such as the ever so popular Planck, one of my favorite keyboards, I told you my ideal keyboard whats your perfect keyboard I'd love know. :)
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zelse
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Jan 1, 2022
Full-size or better, powder-coated case with old-fashioned dye-sublimated key caps and modular switches and good, open-source firmware. I get that people love their tiny keyboards, but 99.999999% of what Massdrop produces is so samey in that regard.
Greywolf
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Oct 9, 2021
I'm still working on my layout, but it's basically lots of buttons, with the big upper right backspace split into tilde/backquote and pipe/backslash, the 1.5 pipe/backslash turned into backspace. Ideally it would be modular, with a 6x2 vertical F- key module on the left, the main keyboard center, and a ten-key on the right. There would either be no F-keys up top, or there would be 2 rows of them, The Control key would be left of the 'A', The ESC key would be left of the '1', The Caps Lock key would be tucked away somewhere it would be almost impossible to hit unintentionally on a regular basis, -and- There would be functional META, ALT (shift+META), SUPER (shift+CTRL), and HYPER (shift+CTRL+META) keys. NO, I don't want a 40%/60%/65% layout with layers. Red or White LED backlit, or no backlighting. (I'm a UNIX guy and there is precious little support for RGB under UNIX.)
for typing probably a minivan keyboard with some kailh box thick clicks switches and some lowercase keycaps with a mx green space bar switch. for gaming, I already have a pulsar keyboard with outemu reds and a ɹɐqǝɔɐds pǝddılɟ.
Spikeophant
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Jan 22, 2021
usb-c 65% QMK thick plate, aluminum body. I have a couple that meet this criteria, they just a lil spendy. DZ65RGB is my fave board currently. Currently running one with T1's and MT3 suswatari and love that board. My second fave is a gk61 with holy pandas and sa laser.
Rhamnetin
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Oct 7, 2018
For gaming, take the Wooting One and give me a steel plate and aluminum body. Black body and black double shot PBT keycaps. Flaretech Black switches.
For typing, probably the GON Ns NerD 108 but with a steel plate and double shot PBT grey keycaps, and Wooting One level RGB LED customization. Cherry MX Clear switches.
Nster101
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Jul 27, 2018
-60-65% -hot swappable -thick plate -no key wobble -qmk -rgb -usb c -aluminium frame -costs<$180
Basically nothing like this exists as far as I know
Nster101
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Jul 28, 2018
That or the tokyo60 but when the laser alt was running I didn't wanna be limited by the colour. If the Tokyo drops again I'll jump on it.
Spikeophant
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Jan 22, 2021
Nster101If you up your budget 20 bucks you can buy DZ65RGB from KBDFans. They're in stock, you might have to sign up and go on the list though if I don't sign in they won't let me order if I do it shows every color in stock, I have two of them currently great boards.
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Jul 26, 2018
This, which is why i'm trying to build it
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Spikeophant
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Jan 22, 2021
ContentWhy not just get a 60% and a macropad?
spydon
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Jun 21, 2018
Something like the Dactyl Manuform but without any of the thumb cluster switches behind each other, and a premade case so that I don't have to 3D-print it.
spydon
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Jun 21, 2018
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bbcamp
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Jun 19, 2018
64% with a metal frame, bluetooth and wired, and above all, a trackpoint--without asking me to pay $300 for it and build it myself...
Auric_Goldfinger
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Apr 30, 2018
Same as the Gigabyte Force K85 : - full size - trimmed right around the keys (no excess, no palm rest) - floating keys design - static colour, or off (the other modes and effects are not necessary for me)
BUT with : - all characters moved to the top of their key cap, over the led - all the key caps with 2 characters, have the characters side-by-side at the top of their key cap, over the led (like the row of numbers on the Sharkoon Skiller Mech SKG3) - per key true RGB colour selection (not just a few colours), by entering the 6-digit hex colour number on the numpad (yes, even for the numpad keys) and with per 2-digit hex pair (R, G, or B) up down adjustment via the arrow keys - copy/repeat last colour in per key RGB mode - super fine brightness configuration - all configuration possible on the keyboard itself, no software (just built in a Pi or Pine64 SBC) - super key caps for Windows, Linux, and OS X (FFS, how much cost can this add?) - characters on key caps should not wear off - no finger print magnet - Cherry MX Clear switches (not a must though; other MX, or MX compatible is also OK) - sturdy aluminium top plate - firm plastic housing at the bottom - grippy rubber feet at the bottom of the keyboard (when pushing against the keyboard), but come off easy (when lifting the keyboard)
Urano_Metria
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Oct 6, 2018
Auric_GoldfingerIf you're talking absolutely ideal, why not go for a full aluminum housing with a brass top plate?
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