ANSI format keyboard worth a try?

jwilliamson47 · 25 May 2018 at 17:09

Hi,

I've been using ISO keyboards forever apart from once when I had a Cherry ANSI one with silent switches which I hated. They just felt mushy.

Seen the iKBC F108 with an ISO layout but been recommended the MF108. Sadly, the MF108 only comes in the ANSI format.

Do you think it's worth opting for the better keyboard and adjusting to a layout I've not had much time with?

Thanks.

T.Kay · 26 May 2018 at 13:15

If you really enjoy the MF108, I would make the switch and try to adjust to the layout. Always fun to learn something new, in my opinion.

Disco_P · 26 May 2018 at 16:29

I don't think any keyboard would be so much better than the competition to justify ansi over iso.

jwilliamson47 · 26 May 2018 at 16:57

I mean the only difference would be the aluminium construction and detachable cable.

Also, the ISO, non-aluminium one is a fair bit cheaper.

Spyhop · 26 May 2018 at 19:40

I moved to ANSI / US layout and now use it exclusively. It's the de facto official layout for programming languages because of the US's long influence over that industry.

IMO the British computer keyboard layout is pointless and it's simply an unfortunate aspect of history that American and British people ended up getting used to differing layouts. Non-English-language keyboards are a different kettle of fish and understandably complex, but that's their problem.

jwilliamson47 · 27 May 2018 at 13:31

Spyhop said:
I moved to ANSI / US layout and now use it exclusively. It's the de facto official layout for programming languages because of the US's long influence over that industry.

IMO the British computer keyboard layout is pointless and it's simply an unfortunate aspect of history that American and British people ended up getting used to differing layouts. Non-English-language keyboards are a different kettle of fish and understandably complex, but that's their problem.

Did you find it easy to adjust to?

Habakkuk · 1 Jun 2018 at 07:21

We'll standardise if they switch over to metric, honest.

Spyhop said:
it's simply an unfortunate aspect of history that American and British people ended up getting used to differing layouts.