If you’re used to a laptop keyboard I’m sure it won’t be a big adjustment. I haven’t used a laptop in years though so for me it would take getting used to. I’d probably bottom those keys out hard at first.
I have not personally compared, but others have - it seems to be faster, and more importantly is less of a memory hog than chrome. On a powerful PC no big deal, on older notebooks a welcome feature. My daily is FF, too, anyway. The less I have to install, the better, so using a preinstalled browser as a secondary is nice.
VIA should identify the correct one automatically - unless they messed up big time, you can load all 3 and VIA picks what it needs. Not sure though. That is pretty annoying indeed.
Huh, weird. Tried the same, it worked here. Maybe because my board has a newer firmware, and they shipped an older one.
Oh I’ve never checked before, but now that you mention it, the memory footprint is pretty low. I’ll have to keep that in mind in case I ever want a browser running behind a more resource hungry program. Been kicking around the idea of going to 32GB memory in my PC though, just as insulation against the ever-increasing system requirements for software and games.
I didn’t know that was an option. I’ll give it a try this evening.
I didn’t spend much time troubleshooting that yesterday, I’ll monkey with it more tonight. I can plug it into my HTPC and see if it gets different results too.
I’ve had my full size Corsair K70 (Red backlight) for almost 10 years. . I added pudding caps and some filler material to change the “thock”
Some of the cheapest budget mechanical keyboards are still leagues better than mushy keyboards. The flashy RGB modes are amusing at first but I’ll stick with solid non blinking backlight thanks. I’ve seen keychrons floating around for $50 sometimes.
I have a PCPanel Mini, a small device for controlling audio-levels in separate apps. That has RGB which I usually have set to Orange or Green depending on the profile it is in. I plan to match the keyboard lighting to that ultimately. But I’m going to investigate using per-key rgb to show hotkeys on secondary layers in VIA.
Best mechanical keyboard I ever used is my old IBM model M keyboard.
Still working, failure free.
Mike
I’m just starting to play with AUTOHOTKEY.
A scripting app for key macros.
Seems like it could be really useful for a single handed user.
All the Best,
Jeff
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Found the docs page.
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Autohotkey is cool. There’s an in progress port for Linux: GitHub - phil294/AHK_X11: AutoHotkey for Linux (X11-based systems)
Sprong… Ive got like 4 of them in a box someplace.
You can beat most modern KBs into a shapeless lump with one of those.
All the Best,
Jeff
After much research I came to the conclusion that Keychron is pretty much the only choice if you want low-profile. I have a K3 and am very happy with it.
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For low profile in general, I think the Nuphy air boards look pretty nice, too. Plus I think corsair and Logitech boards come in low profile options. However, for wireless, low profile, ISO-UK, full size keyboard, the options are pretty limited.
I have sympathy for those wanting other ISO formats, German/Italian/Norwegian/french etc, are almost non-existant.
To derail this thread further-
I’m curious if I’d get on with full size switches, TK’s description of DSA profile caps and early tactile switches doesn’t sound too bad.
I’m also a luddite and didn’t realise “macro pads” were a thing; these sound like they’d be pretty useful to drive my work software- in lieu of a switch tester, I’ve ordered a pad that claims it’s QMK compatible and some switches.
Seems like a better option than a regular tester- I’ll get something functional and if the switches aren’t good, it’s only 9 to replace. Keycaps are more tricky, I’m surprised there are no readily available “icon” caps for macropads/hotkeys, I’ve ordered some relegendable caps which will look a bit naff, but will do the job.
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No need to wait for a port. There’s also Autokey, which has been around for like 15 years.
There are a ton of ways to deeply customize what the keyboard and mouse do in Linux. But if you come from an Autohotkey background, Autokey is probably going to feel the most familiar.
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My options were further limited because I wanted UK Mac layout and back-lit with shine-through keycaps. FWIW, I use mine wired, I can’t see the appeal in wireless peripherals when used on a desk.
I’m now also full-sized switch curious, I went low profile because it’s what I know and am comfortable with but since having the mech keyboard I don’t rest my wrists when typing, so may be OK with full-height switches. I’m not curious enough to buy another keyboard though.
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Seems like Keychron are still actively developing products which is good; not particularly useful info for you as it’s too big, but they replied to my support ticket saying they plan to release an ISO-UK V6 Max in 2 months or so…
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I do prefer the 75% layout, I don’t often need to enter numbers so the inconvenience of not having the number pad is outweighed by the extra desk space and being able to have my mouse in a more comfortable position.
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I always thought until recently that the shorter Right Shift would be a problem so I avoided the 75% form factor. Turns out it’s not a problem for me at all. Loving the fact that I can have an F-key row in a keyboard that takes up less horizontal space than some 65% keyboards.
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Small update about the keyboard. I didn’t resolve the unexpected macro behavior last night, I was just too tired to work on it.
I did spend more time messing with the seemingly straightforward backlighting. The board doesn’t fully respect the RGB values set by VIA. I get washed out versions of some colors. No matter what I try (though VIA or keyboard shortcuts), I can’t produce a steady red or orange despite the fact that these colors appear in some of the preset lighting patterns the board has.
Since red is my favorite color, and a good color for night use, this might cause me to send back the board. I think I’ll try product support on Amazon first.
Interestingly, I found a FiiO product with the same DAC and AMP chips. The dac on this keyboardboard has the same guts as the FiiO KA13:
https://www.amazon.com/FiiO-JadeAudio-Portable-Adapter-Compatible/dp/B0CJ6SXFWB
I think I must have abnormally long arms or bad posture, as I’m using a mouse way out to the side… 
Bizarrely it’s the “depth” of keyboards that annoy me, I have laptop on a stand, then keyboard in front of that, and often like to have an A4 notepad on the desk for making notes, regular/smaller desks dont have the depth to comfortably accommodate all of my crap.
Genuinely looking at this and thinking it’s a good idea, I guess it’s a decisive design:
Obviously not the meme version, that’s just silly. 
If you have long arms and/or wide shoulders you should consider a split keyboard, where you can move the 2 halves apart. I am currently working on the electronics of this one: [IC] Theseus75 | New Year, New Colors
Keeb.io should have some as well. Obviously only works if you properly touch-type, if you don’t a split will seriously mess with your typing since they are made for that
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