Timeline for Why did tactile-feedback keyboards lose popularity?
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| Aug 29 at 17:25 | comment | added | Mark Ransom | @RuiFRibeiro repairing a key made sense at one time, but when you can buy a whole new keyboard for $5 who would bother? | |
| Aug 17 at 1:35 | comment | added | Psychonaut | I doubt that noise was a factor in offices. Before those had computers, they had typewriters, which were even noisier, and yet workers tolerated them. | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 16:47 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | @RuiFRibeiro one key is probably about as easy to manufacture as the entire membrane, so it's not like replacing the whole membrane is any worse. | |
| Apr 12, 2018 at 8:29 | comment | added | Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen | And they don't fit in a laptop. | |
| Mar 12, 2018 at 22:25 | comment | added | Toby Speight | I've shared environments with people who thought it was raining, but discovered it was just me typing... | |
| Mar 3, 2018 at 23:01 | comment | added | Rui F Ribeiro | @user71659 Indeed, I had Cherries repaired... | |
| Mar 3, 2018 at 21:35 | comment | added | user71659 | @RuiFRibeiro That's not quite true. Discrete mechanical switches (Cherry) can be repaired, but the much revered IBM Model M uses a membrane switch which is as repairable as modern desktop keyboards. | |
| Mar 3, 2018 at 14:26 | comment | added | Rui F Ribeiro | @fluffysheap Yeah, I am also recommending Cherry in my answer here. ;-p | |
| Mar 2, 2018 at 23:02 | comment | added | fluffysheap | It's definitely possible to get mechanical keyboards that are quiet, both today and in the 80s. Today Cherry has several models of switches that are clickless, so were the mechanical keyswitches used in the Apple II series and others of the era. | |
| Mar 2, 2018 at 20:20 | comment | added | scruss | not sure if noise is the driving factor in why these became less common, but everyone who has had to share an open-plan office with a clicky-keyboard user has my extreme sympathies. | |
| Mar 2, 2018 at 12:59 | comment | added | ErikF | Certainly, but OEMs selling cheap PCs aren't generally looking at post-warranty repair considerations! :-) | |
| Mar 2, 2018 at 12:50 | comment | added | Rui F Ribeiro | They cost much more but last longer too...you could repair key by key back in the day. | |
| Mar 2, 2018 at 8:07 | history | answered | ErikF | CC BY-SA 3.0 |