Signature Plastics SA Geoma Keycaps RK Gaming S98 board

  • lemmyarcade@lemmy.ml
    5·
    2 days ago

    Looks great colorwise. I can’t stand the offset arrow keys. Never understand why they don’t make more of them in line with the rest of the keys.

    • wjrii@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 days ago

      That goes all the way back to the original Cherry G80-1800 boards in the (iirc) late 80s. The idea is to get a more compact layout that preserves some of the advantages brought in by the IBM Model M to make it easier for your hands to find the arrows without looking down. Shifting them down a touch with the gaps to the left and right leaves that trait in place no matter where your hands are coming from.

      There are “96%” boards that will keep everything tight-in. I have tried it both ways, and all else being equal I tend to prefer a gap, but some other tactile reference (I sometimes use a single dot of UV resin on the down arrow) will generally be good enough.

  • Druid@lemmy.zipEnglish
    22·
    3 days ago

    This is one stylish keyboard tho. Sad that it… didn’t click for you

    :^ ]

  • twack@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    This board looks amazing, I kinda want one for myself. Would you recommend it? Anything you don’t like?

    • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      I do really like the S98 board. I had other caps and switches on it before and it sounded great. I’m just going to use different caps on it than these, because the sound profile just isn’t doing it for me.

      • twack@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Are the default keycaps backlit through the key icons? As in, does the backlight shine through the letters or only around the bottom of the key?

  • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    sounds was so bad with these caps

    Oh yes. That must have been difficult. Send me the whole set, and I’ll ensure they’re disposed of properly. 🤣

    More seriously, if tall and ABS didn’t work, maybe shorter (i.e. Cherry variants, DSA, the new PBS) and PBT will be better for you.

    • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      OK, just send me your full name, address, social security number, mothers maiden name, and a credit card number including the 3 digit code and I will get it right out!😂

      • wjrii@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 days ago

        Sure, but only if you then commit to send them in the next 6-36 months and pinky promise in a Discord server that you’re gonna get to it as soon as you work through the trauma of losing your goldfish.