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Does anyone think the flux keyboard is gonna be the future of keyboards in another 100 years?Does anyone think the flux keyboard is gonna be the future of keyboards in another 100 years?
klumsyninja avatar
@klumsyninja

Mechanical keyboards enthusiasts have the right idea compared to something like this. Especially at the cost.

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letsgohan avatar
@letsgohanreply

Highly doubting those keys will have the same satisfying feel as a mechanical. For 400 bucks imma pass.

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voodookhan avatar
@voodookhan

Curious how it would actually feel, the key caps look flat to get that screen effect...

They might be annoying to type on and worry if I would smudge them.

The effects might be more distracting than practical.

Don't get me wrong I think it is neat looking and the video emplies one could switch out the switches from tactile to linear, so maybe it's not total garbage under the hood and there is actually a keyboard under there.

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mr_protein avatar
@mr_proteinreply

The wow factor will probably die out in a day though. Although they do claim they have removable keys that offer a different feel for gaming/typing. I'm not buying that claim fill I get to try out for myself.

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leavemealone avatar
@leavemealone

Oh yeah, let me look at my keyboard while I am playing! So much beautiful icons ! Wow !

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nikhil007 avatar
@nikhil007reply

You would probably lose that wow factor preety soon. But it does bring in productivity benefits I suppose.

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mrmiyamoto avatar
@mrmiyamoto

There’s a reason you can still get those old IBM and Microsoft keyboards that basically haven’t changed since the 90s. I’d say the majority of users just want functional and comfortable input devices and while I personally like fancy devices I don’t feel like the market is there for mass adoption. Especially at how much more they likely cost and how much shorter their potential lifespan is.

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badgerdog avatar
@badgerdogreply

I feel like you're really underselling the prevalence of rgb keyboards though. There's a clear market for people who want "cool gaming keyboards" rather than simple function.

Not saying all rgb boards are bad, but things like razer boards etc are usually flash over function.

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mrmiyamoto avatar
@mrmiyamotoreply

For sure, I wasn’t discounting RGB or vanity keyboards, but the OP was talking about the “future of keyboards”.

I think we’ll get to the point of mostly gesture-only input before we’d get to mostly embedded screen keyboards.

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badgerdog avatar
@badgerdogreply

Ah I see what you're getting at. Cheers mate.

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koooooooyel avatar
@koooooooyel

Another vaporware that will never make it to mass adoption.

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biggie avatar
@biggie

I mean it's a cool gimmick. But after some time you'll probably get bored and keep it just dark. Anyone know the price of one of these?

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notgary avatar
@notgaryreply

Kickstarter lists a $450 MSRP

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letsgohan avatar
@letsgohanreply

Not the worst price ever. But I'm kinda doubting if the average user would buy one of these. Probably a great gimmick to have if you're a twitch streamer or something

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