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I would prefer something truly classic for the first batch, a colorway which has proven to be not to "special" - the classic black on beige, white on black or Dolch comes to my mind.
These being dye-sub, white on black would be very difficult.

Easy. Dyesub the entire cap minus the legend :D

matt3o wrote:

niomosy wrote: Rocketeer would be an interesting colorway, honestly.

that would be a little too extreme

Hopefully we get there. Things like black text on gray/white/beige caps don't really intrigue me much.

Rocketeer would be an interesting colorway, honestly.

The set still looks fantastic. I'm wondering when SP will manage to be able to dyesub sculptured SA caps, though.

Lighter switches are definitely preferred for me. When I was initially testing all the switch types out, I tried typing on some MX blacks for a while and found my arms tire out far more quickly than typing on reds. Ended up buying a board with MX reds and continue to be very pleased with it.

Now if ...

Judging by what SP says in that update, this is actually not a chance at all – the ship has already sailed, since R6 phase 2 will be the last 'Round' set they make. Now, 'forseeable future' does not necessarily mean 'forever'. But it does sound like they'll produce R6 phase 2 in the beginning of ...

One of the things I find striking about the Dasher colorway is how it reverses the expectations for sets today, with alphas that are darker than the modifiers. I have this suspicion that most of Dancer's buyers are folks who rarely if ever question their subconscious expectations, reinforced as ...

In for both base sets + numpad. The XMIT board will likely get one of the sets.

I think the 60% and such users probably keep to home row more. I do not. I tend to float and, given my work, shift my hands to more comfortable positions for typing certain commands at the command line. Movement for me is not an ergonomic concern as much as it is for others. Odd combinations are ...

That's enlightening for me, as I'm also a young RoR developer with also system admin duties. Thanks for sharing your thoughts based on experience. As much as I want to get a Topre board, Realforce models seemed bulky to me, so compact layout of HHKB was a winner but now I realized that I need to be ...

Why did you skipped HHKB? I'm planning to get one Topre (likely HHKB) and a Cherry (i guess Pok3r). I already have my Romer-G G410 for my gaming setup so it will be nice to compare each of them. Will update this thread about those keyboards & developer usage.

The HHKB is a layout for certain ...

I'm mildly curious and, assuming they do additional runs in the future, may well try them out. Right now money is set for the XMIT hall effect board and Dasher/Dancer sets. Beyond those, I'm trying to avoid putting more money into keyboard stuff unless I really need it.

I've already got a Noppoo EC108. Yes, I want the function block on the left! Also, as a nice bonus, the Sun layout puts Control, Compose/AltGr, and Backspace where they belong. :evilgeek:

If nothing else I could make some Hall boards in this layout.

Yeah but \| ends up in a horrible location ...

A 75% and a split board would be nice options in the future as well.

Still, a TKL is a good start into these for now for me.

87-key with 50g springs? Looks like I need to keep an eye on this one.

zslane wrote: So I can report that SA Dasher/Dancer is officially on MassDrop's schedule for December, barring any unforseen changes in their plans. Save up your pennies!

Awesome news. My wallet will be prepared.

R3 only was an easier and more const-effective solution for SP to be able to offer dyesub SA sets. I can understand it from a business perspective. Hopefully they can expand on that with time as I'd like to see sculptured SA PBT dyesub sets out of them.

That green set is pretty interesting. Tempting to jump in on that one once funds are situated better. Curious to see what colors are being used.

Devlin have a policy of answering only one email per month :D

Just kidding, I'll push them for more info.

Seems too likely to joke about, they sure seem to play hard to get :lol:

Look, doing things like answering emails may well lead to even more work. You've got to be careful with those kinds ...

To be honest, the colorway isn't even a Christmas stretch these days. Plenty of blue/white decoration options.

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More info from MassDrop is definitely needed but a bit of good news via acknowledgement with a potential date seemed a bright spot for the buy given the silence otherwise. Hopefully MD can chime in with more official updates rather than a reply in what started as a general discussion on MD polls.

A bit of good news. https://www.massdrop.com/talk/411/polls-overhaul/500935

Looks like MassDrop has the sets slated for a December run.

GREAT, time to now save up for another brilliant Key-set done in shades of delicious Blues :D .

That sums up my thoughts rather well. It's nice to finally ...

A bit of good news. https://www.massdrop.com/talk/411/polls-overhaul/500935

Looks like MassDrop has the sets slated for a December run.

Yup, that's a bit of frustration, particularly when the info was submitted quite some time ago and MassDrop's been sitting on it. Hopefully they can follow up as they've left this one in limbo for too long a time.

The polls don't seem to be all that useful or effective with regard to Massdrop and keycaps. Massdrop aren't always the best with regard to communication but things seem to have dropped off with the increased load they've got now with regard to mechanical keyboards and keycaps in particular.

No worries. These things take time and this is a pretty sizeable undertaking.

Right. Confirmation of, "you're on the list, date pending," would be helpful. It would be good if they were a bit more effective in communications. They started to for a bit then seem to have dropped off and been rather quiet.

Looks like some more votes bumped on. Now we get to play the waiting game with MassDrop some more. It would be helpful for MD to have some type of non-date-based scheduling info up. Though I can understand why they like to be secrative about things. I suppose as long as this one's on their list, it ...

Definitely a pretty solid number of votes in for this one.

Re: Protection
This is a touchy subject for some folks, and I've drawn the ire of other designers because of my own views on the matter. I don't believe in "protecting" colorways or keycap designs in general, unless a lot of highly unique novelty keys are involved. In the case of SA Dasher, it isn ...