![]() ![]() Negative impressions: There were some negative aspects. I might alter that impression after using the board for longer typing sessions. I had thought that I might install lighter springs, but the Gateron greens seem fine as they are. I ordered the board with no LEDs because I don't particularly care for them and so that I would be able to remove the switch tops to replace components. I prefer the sound to other 60% keyboards that I own with metal cases, which tend to have a harsher timbre. The simple sandwich construction of acrylic and metal seems to provide an ideal matrix for the Gateron green switches. Lasered legends are certainly not as nice as dye-sublimated ones, but they are serviceable and they provide the correct labels for the HHKB layout. The keycaps have an agreeable slight texture, like pumice stone. I find that I can type rapidly and accurately on this board, and the switches feel just about right. Other contributors to my positive impression are the 60% form factor, pleasing aesthetics of the simple symmetrical design, and the HHKB layout. However, I took a gamble on Gateron greens, which turned out to live up to their reputation of being smoother and somewhat lighter than Cherry greens. This came somewhat as a surprise, because usually I don't like Cherry mx switches or clones thereof. The size and bottom row layout inspired the compact design of the Happy Hacking (183.65 KiB) Viewed 4097 times Positive Impressions: I like this keyboard. The M0110 was introduced with the original Macintosh computer. Apple M0110Īpple Macintosh M0110 ISO layout - click to expand ( source) Note the positioning of the Esc, Ctrl, \ / |, ~ / ` and Del keys, borrowed for the HHKB layout. The Sun Type 3 keyboard was introduced with the Sun 3/80 desktop workstation. ![]() The HHKB Professional series also includes volume-control keys, functional when supported by the user's operating system. This includes the F1 - F12 keys, the keys found in the navigational cluster ( Up, Down, Left, Right, Page Up / Page Down, Home / End), Print Screen, Caps Lock, and others. Given the reduced number of keys, most additional functions are found on the Fn (function) layer, accessed by pressing the Fn key to the right of the Right Shift key.In place of the ANSI backspace, the \ / | key and the ~ / ` keys are located in the upper right-corner.The Del key is located where ANSI keyboards feature the \ / | key, and acts as a 'forward-delete' by default (all HHKB models feature DIP switches that allow the user to change this to a Backspace key).The Ctrl key is located where ANSI keyboards feature the Caps Lock key, similar to the Sun keyboard layout).The Esc key is located where ANSI keyboards feature the ~ / ` key (useful for vi/vim users).Unlike most commonly-available keyboards, the Happy Hacking Keyboard features the following major layout differences: In the above images, functions printed on the 'front' of the keycaps are accessed via a key combination of the Fn key and the corresponding key.įor example, to use the Page Up function, the user would press Fn + L. Throughout the history of the HHKB, the ANSI and JIS layouts have not changed between series. The form-factor and layout is inspired by a combination of multiple historical keyboard layouts, including the original Macintosh keyboard and the Sun Type 3 keyboard. ![]()
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