Came up with this late at night. Not while being anywhere near a laptop though.
I used to think this way as I’ve been able to touch type for a very long time but in total darkness it’s very nice to be able to find a key/orient things.
I touch type too, but I’ll be damned if I can find the right F key without looking
Where should the right F key be? Mine only has a left F.
Removed by mod
It’s found in the top middle right on Dvorak
Your keyboard should have two nubbins on it so you can easily find the F key without looking (it puts your hands in the home row). If your keyboard doesn’t have these, then either it’s 100 years old and someone is typing with the force of a gorilla, or you have an extremely strange keyboard.
The real tricky part are the less used symbol keys.
I think he is talking about function key, F1 to f12 ;)
Lol I’m dumb
Happens to the best ^^
Yeah I dunno. They’re split in groups of four, but even when I think I’ve got it under control somehow F4 and F8 are the same. And yes. Gotta be careful not to hit enter when you mean to hit backslash.
It is nice for the less used keys. For orientation there is this thing in the middle of some keyboards.
Lighting is also helpful in finding the keyboard.
You probably shouldn’t be on the computer in total darkness
My eyes hurt just thinking about it.
total darkness isn’t so good tho.
dim indirect light from behind the screen is best IMO and that’s also enough to find that rare key, as well as your drink without knocking it over and causing havoc.
I don’t care for the RGB in itself I like the backlight so it’s easier to see the keys in the dark
I’ve tilted my screen down to try to illuminate the keyboard too many times
DJs, Astronomers, lightning technicians at venues, dark scientists etc, so many people require a backlit keyboard for hobby or work
Radiologist checking in.
But … sometimes it’s dark
Then turn on a light
The light in my keyboard?
I would genuinely pay more if I could get high quality hardware that wasn’t infected with rainbow RGB nonsense.
Most RGB peripherals I’ve owned I was able to toggle completely off.
I’m also not an RGB enjoyer, I usually just set it all to the same static color, on the lowest dimness.
White
I’m a soft, light lavender RGB on white peripherals kind of guy.
Lavender is nice too!
Purple here for a while now. Maybe it’s time for a change.
I don’t need rainbow rgb, but a nice, dim, through key white backlight is very valuable on a laptop that’s used regularly
I like to see them in the dark
I genuinely don’t get the love for RGB things.
I don’t know why people like them, why they always have those weird cycle modes, and a lot of them flicker or actually cycle at a fairly slow rate which is distracting.
I can see my keyboard at night, and the keys get buffs based on the color.
I don’t know that the high prevalence of RGB items on the market necessarily reflects a love for it. I think it just means it’s cheap to produce and can be marketed as an extra feature.
GN recently mentioned that apparently there’s a demand for water coolers with screens on them (even tho they cost more) so manufacturers are making more such models. Extrapolate to rgb
I browse the web at night, I want to see what I type. It’s as simple as that!
Or just learn to type without looking
All the cool kids use the lamp
This is some Gameboy brick edition attachment level. Just needs the magnifier screen to slide over it.
If i need backlit keys to see what I’m typing then the room is also too dark to be looking at a screen. Look after your eyes guys.
Why would I need letters at all?
Another Infinity Ergodox run needs to happen.
YES. I would order ~3 more just for redundancy. If this one breaks, I dont know what I’m going to do.
I’d almost have to one-off a few custom pcbs and laser cut everything myself.
I don’t need to look at the most common keys or the letters; but some of the weirder ones I don’t use often, I might have to actually look at the board for. Having them backlit helps see when it’s dark. 🤷🏻♂️
I don’t need LED keyboards, but with open source software I can get that shit synced up with so many other pretty things like my computer LEDs, headset, speakers, aquarium, toaster oven, zen garden, and maybe even my mouse.
A little bit of an exaggeration, but younger me would totally rock a neon punk look if I had the budget for fashion, which I still don’t have.
My keyboard does not require backlit keys because I am a power user.
My samsung laptop has no way to change the backlight from Linux so it stays off. If only there were a way to this in a standardised way (acpi) samsung?
I need backlit keys so I can see from outside my office if I have left my pc on at night. Very important.
