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Buying keyboards... I just had a moment where I made an impulse decision where I spent 200$ usd on one. It's my 7th keyboard and I know it's not gonna be the last. I'm not even a touch typer... Something weird is going on
I feel you. Fell into that rabbit hole for like two months, spent a ton of money on 5 keyboards, countless switches and caps and all of the little tools and accessories you need to build them. When I started to look into new keyboards before the last one I ordered even arrived, I knew it was time to quit this hobby lmao
I ordered parts and built my own, super fun hobby! The custom keyboard scene is very fun
I also learned a bit about keyboards while searching for the one I bought (Durgod Taurus, excellent for a ~100โฌ budget).
It led me to try the proper touch typing technique from https://www.typing.com/, it took a while to get faster than my previous technique but I can now type faster with much less effort than before. It's worth the time investment if you do stuff with lots of typing, or if you just like typing fast
How much did you practice? And how did you manage to get over it? I am trying to learn but then I also have to work and be productive and my current typing method, though Inferior, is faster obviously. So when I have to be productive I type in my own style and I just feel like I lose the muscle memory I gained :/
I went through that exact problem, I had my doubts that I would ever get faster but eventually I did.
I insisted on typing the correct way despite being slow even at work, unless I was sharing screen with someone and didn't want to seem like I can't even type lol
I also did every step of the site I mentioned, it helped very much in building the initial muscle memory. Once the muscle memory was there, I started to get faster and faster without much effort. The hardest part is achieving that initial muscle memory even if it's slow.
I also own mechanical keyboards, one for work, one for home. But I never understood why one would own that many. I'm thinking of replacing my full size at home with a TKL, but I'm going to sell the old one afterwards. Why keep more than you need? I get that you want to customize but I don't understand that some people apparently like to choose their keyboard according to their mood.
I don't choose according to my mood. The new one is the main one, the rest I just keep and put on shelves(but if only I invested in proper displays) and that's kind of it...
Then I see even less of a point in owning that many.
It has no point. I think I also have something emotionally missing inside of me.
I also can't really easily switch keyboards, when I have to type on my MacBook I feel... Weird...
Going from 4mm of travel to around 1mm is definitely bound to feel weird