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.
It is nice for the less used keys. For orientation there is this thing in the middle of some keyboards.
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.
Desktop: don’t care, keyboard is standardised
Laptop: less-used keys can be different sized or in different positions. I want that shit backlit so I can find where they’ve shifted those keys to
Many laptops are made with the US ANSI layout and other layouts like UK ISO are either shoehorned in at the final design stage or relegated to shuffling symbols around and requiring both Fn+Shift to type a character that used to have its own damn key. I’m not salty.
But … sometimes it’s dark
Then turn on a light
The light in my keyboard?
OP is the guy on the left but thinks they’re the guy on the right.
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 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!
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.
I would genuinely pay more if I could get high quality hardware that wasn’t infected with rainbow RGB nonsense.
I don’t need rainbow rgb, but a nice, dim, through key white backlight is very valuable on a laptop that’s used regularly
Ditto. Unfortunately the grown up stuff is either worse quality business class hardware or ridiculously expensive boutique stuff. If you’re just looking for a case though, Phanteks makes great, mature builds
Is “business class” just a simile here? Because normally, the hardware sold to businesses is of a better quality (albeit also expensive).
Maybe I’m just making a wrong differentiation between what I’d call business class and what I’d call enterprise class. In my comment, I was specifically picturing those garbage soft click keyboards that ship with Dell, HP, etc. Desktops
Ah right, yeah, those are crap. I really don’t get why companies are willing to cheap out specifically with keyboards.
Like, it’s the tool your workers use all day. Even if they just type 5% faster on a proper keyboard, that pays for itself in no time.
All the cool kids use the lamp
This is some Gameboy brick edition attachment level. Just needs the magnifier screen to slide over it.
Why would I need letters at all?
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 standardized 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.
