Optical switches offer no real benefit over mechanical switches and have a lot of potential lifespan problems. I don't see why they need to exist.
[QUOTE=AtomicSans;53042651]Optical switches offer no real benefit over mechanical switches and have a lot of potential lifespan problems. I don't see why they need to exist.[/QUOTE]
IIRC there is a certain type of optical switches which can detect how far down you have pressed the button , not just the ON/OFF position.Some games already have implemented uses for these types , it was somewhere along the lines of 300 different key positions.
[QUOTE=Hanibal;53043218]IIRC there is a certain type of optical switches which can detect how far down you have pressed the button , not just the ON/OFF position.Some games already have implemented uses for these types , it was somewhere along the lines of 300 different key positions.[/QUOTE]
Sounds both expensive and... [I]linear[/I].
[QUOTE=Hanibal;53043218]IIRC there is a certain type of optical switches which can detect how far down you have pressed the button , not just the ON/OFF position.Some games already have implemented uses for these types , it was somewhere along the lines of 300 different key positions.[/QUOTE]
Huh. I kinda like the idea of analog WASD.
Not what I thought when I read optical keyboard, i thought it was one of those projected keyboards
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[QUOTE=AtomicSans;53042651]Optical switches offer no real benefit over mechanical switches and have a lot of potential lifespan problems. I don't see why they need to exist.[/QUOTE]
Use them sparingly on mechanical keyboards such as the ASWD keys so you can have a modifiable sensativity
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