How long did you give yourself to get used to it. I _just_ got a mechanical keyboard and I had the same problem too. However, I push a key down about half way, when it makes the noise, then it sends a key stroke to the machine. I don't have to push it all the way down and if I lift it up a few millimeters and push it down again it will do a second key stroke.
I find I can actually retype keys faster with my mechanical it just took a little practice and trying to figure out the keyboard. On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Bryan Murdock <bmurd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Um, sorry about the last empty message I sent. I obviously need a > mechanical keyboard to prevent that kind of slip from happening again. > > In all seriousness, I bought a similar keyboard from monoprice > recently. It had cherry mx blues. It really bothered me how far I > had to move the key up and down, it really slowed me down when typing > double letters or moving the cursor up or down two lines quickly in > emacs. With my (supposedly lame) membrane or scissor switch keyboards > I do a quick little twitch of my finger and it registers the double > tap, but with the cherry mx blues it took big ka-chunk ka-chunks to > get a double tap. I sold the keyboard to a friend who was super > excited to get it. > > Is there a different color switch that is better for quick double > taps? Maybe one that was suggested for gaming? > > Bryan > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 4:43 PM, David Hilton > <quercus.aeter...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Cherry MX switch keyboards are nice. I have one from wasd keyboards with > > brown switches, for tactile feedback but low noise. > > > > If you have considered buying mechanical keyboards in the past, now is a > > good time to reconsider. Newegg has a 20% off rosewill keyboards offer > > (through today: EMCNJJE232), on top of their current prices. > > > > Cherry MX Black: $60, including shipping (reviews indicate you would > want to > > re-solder the usb connector) > > Cherry MX Brown: $67, including shipping > > > > Here are the 4 variants, for the curious: > > best for typing: > > Blue: tactile feedback, click sound (old IBM keyboard style) > > Brown: tactile feedback, no click sound > > best for gaming: > > Black: linear response, medium force required to press down. > > Red: linear response, low force required to press down. > > > > > > David > > > > -------------------- > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info (unsubscribe here): > http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list >
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