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0 pointswhat-imright3y ago0 comments

Really nice especially the moulded keys, but two eyesores, the logo and the whatever knob in the top right. You’re never going to be able to slip that into a bag with the knob sticking out. And nobody uses those. Well nobody that can pay $120 for a keyboard.

As for the logo, that’s a vanity thing. I know you’re very proud of making the product but if you put a stupid logo on front it kills the minimalist vibe and reduces the practical low key expensive style to just another “RBG in the next model haxxors”. It’s a keyboard, let it be a keyboard, with a simple model number, and add your brand logo to the back of the device. Let the product sell itself.

Uh-ho just looked again and saw it was made in the uk. never buying it

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Hendrikto3y ago

Counterpoint: I like the knob snd it‘s design, and I would definitely have multiple use cases for it.

I agree that it makes the keyboard less portable though.

what-imrightOP3y ago

But it’s a portable keyboard, that’s the product. That’s the point, a slim fits in your bag portable bluetooth keyboard. The whole design is optimized based on that constraint. Then some nut comes along and says “hey you know what would make this stand out?” a big orange knob. See this is why you can’t take the english seriously in technology design. they have no clue

stavros3y ago

Second counterpoint, I didn't even notice the logo (I assume you mean the model name), and I think it looks good.

The knob does make it less portable though, definitely.

ARandomerDude3y ago

> Uh-ho just looked again and saw it was made in the uk. never buying it

Why not?

what-imrightOP3y ago

London isn’t a technology hub and that they put made in london to imitate Apple made in California, is pretentious to the nth degree, and that’s exactly how I see the english. they don’t make shit, and what little they do design comes with fireworks and their national gd anthem. And nobody bring up ARM, because the ARM of today was designed in Japan, not the uk

zucked3y ago

Having such a broad strokes approach to English manufacturing/design is awfully elitist. It's okay to be proud of your successes - they've contributed a lot. We tend to focus on the abject failures (eg British Leyland) but without things like the Merlin engine, the P51 wouldn't have been as dominant during WWII.

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