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Only buy a magnetic keyboard for gaming

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90 points amichail | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 22:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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tyleo ◴[21 Nov 24 12:53 UTC] No.42203859[source]▶
For anyone wondering, this is the keyboard in the image at the top of the article: https://nuphy.com/collections/he-keyboards/products/nuphy-fi...

I was intrigued by the design so I wanted to share.

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evgpbfhnr ◴[21 Nov 24 13:01 UTC] No.42203922[source]▶
Interesting, their configuration tool runs in browser and they explicitly mention linux; I don't have much experience with gaming keyboards but the only one I bought in the past had some windows-only configuration software and was a bit of a pain.
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1. lsaferite ◴[21 Nov 24 13:54 UTC] No.42204313[source]▶
Many mechanical keyboards use firmware works with Web Apps that use WebUSB/WebHID APIs to allow easy cross-platform configuration. It's a welcome change over dedicated desktop software for your keyboard. All the configuration is stored and behavior is managed on the keyboard itself. This doesn't get you cool things like keyboard LED interactivity, but I can live without that.