deskthority

Yeah, it's a compelling fix to the rattle. Those purple sliders should have been Type-S after all!

Cookie's samples were actually what inspired me to choose a Type-S model as my first HHKB. And this:

Nope. They are regular Topre, without damping. But a quick search through this thread shows just how confusing it is!

http://deskthority.net/search.php?keywo ... sf=msgonly

CM Bram wrote:The purple is indeed like Carter mentioned on GeekHack not because of the Topre Silent Switches but our exclusive switch color to differentiate our switch from the rest of the Topre switches..

Small update, how about this font style:

CM Bram,

Please tell me you guys will offer a gray case version also.

matt3o wrote:from this pictures you can also see something important about the sliders... let's see if someone finds it

They're purple! What did I win?

I don't know if it's the angle at which the picture was taken or the shadows but they seem shorter than the sliders on the Realforce that I'm using.

Razer Green and Orange cherry clones, purple CM not silenced MX compatible topre sliders.... what comes next?

Purple is the fancier colour. CM want. Topre shrugs and says yes. Everybody gets confused.

As far as I know standard, NOT silenced sliders in purple color (moreover with MX compatibility) are a CM exclusivity. (note that silenced and standard sliders are different in shape).

now I may agree that people might think they are silenced because of the color, and in it that way they might be misleading, but the problems of the novatouch are others (like we all posted here), not really the color of the sliders

Just bought Realforce 87U “Silenced” to try Topres, replacing wasd keys discovered the stems are PURPLE. Then reviewed other images posted in this forum showing Realforce keyboards with purple stems.

So I don’t understand why Coolermaster claim that they are the ones that choose purple and claim that they have the exclusive use of purple stems:
“The purple stem is related to CM (Our now exclusive switch color)"
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=503 ... msg1247508

CM Bram wrote:The purple is indeed like Carter mentioned on GeekHack not because of the Topre Silent Switches but our exclusive switch color to differentiate our switch from the rest of the Topre switches

"our exclusive switch color to differentiate our switch from the rest of the Topre switches" ??

I understand that marketing guys believe their companies are the best and unique, but claiming purple as an exclusive of Coolermaster is NOT Cool, misleading sounds better, considering that a lot of Realforce stems are purple. I don’t believe CM fashioned purple, they just selected an option provided by Realforce.

By the same token, as the claim that they have the exclusive use of purple sounds fishy, I now do not believe they have the exclusive for Topre with MX compatible switches. I would believe that if they paid for the tooling to manufacture Topre/MX stems, they can request Topre to only use this tooling to manufacture these stems for them, but I don’t see anything that can stop another corporation from doing their own tooling. Or better yet, doing our own stems:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=54942.0

CM Bram wrote:The purple is indeed like Carter mentioned on GeekHack not because of the Topre Silent Switches but our exclusive switch color to differentiate our switch from the rest of the Topre switches..

Small update, how about this font style:

Not bad!
IMO it would be a bit nicer to :
- center vertically the non alpha-numeric keys.
- print the multimedia labels on the vertical part of the caps.

What? who said Filco?

CM Bram wrote:The purple is indeed like Carter mentioned on GeekHack not because of the Topre Silent Switches but our exclusive switch color to differentiate our switch from the rest of the Topre switches..

Small update, how about this font style:

I noticed that the Capslock LED is gone from this pic: http://imgur.com/a/FpMJz.

Can't wait for this to launch!

CM Bram wrote:The purple is indeed like Carter mentioned on GeekHack not because of the Topre Silent Switches but our exclusive switch color to differentiate our switch from the rest of the Topre switches..

Small update, how about this font style:

"CAPSLK" is a bit ugly, why not Caps Lock or CAPS LOCK? It looks like there's plenty of space for it.

CM Bram wrote:The purple is indeed like Carter mentioned on GeekHack not because of the Topre Silent Switches but our exclusive switch color to differentiate our switch from the rest of the Topre switches..

Small update, how about this font style:

getting closer, Bram. (fix the ALT positioning though )

The purple is indeed like Carter mentioned on GeekHack not because of the Topre Silent Switches but our exclusive switch color to differentiate our switch from the rest of the Topre switches..

Small update, how about this font style:

no, it's not silent, CM asked for purple color because they liked it, but it has nothing to do with the silent topre slider (that is actually shorter)

Maybe Bram can shed some additional light, but it sounds like the Novatouch TKL will use a switch that is some hybrid between a standard 45g topre switch and a 45g silent topre switch.

CM Carter:

The purple stem is related to CM (Our now exclusive switch color) but also has characteristics of the silenced topre version.

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=503 ... msg1247508


I don't own a topre board, but the wiki describes that silent boards have a foam o-ring to dampen the upstroke, and can have a longer stem to account for the o-ring's reduction in travel.

http://deskthority.net/wiki/Topre_switches

Even with a rubber finish?

Interesting to see a black or brown slider in that picture. Others show them as purple, and with better looking caps. Evolving prototypes perhaps?

Just to keep you guys updated, someone at /r/mechanicalkeyboards had the chance to talk to a "CM storm dude" about the Novatouch and could figure out the following:

things I learned talking to the CM storm dude (was it you rajface? hi!! you were cool):
-the board will ship ~mid-year or so
-CM storm IS working with Topre, this is not a knock-off
-the purple switch is NOT the silent kind (it's just purple to look pretty for CM storm?? still confused on this one)
-retail price is $150
-t-he name "Novatouch" was divined while pooping
-you ARE allowed to take selfies with ya boy Novatouch
-the Novatouch is 45g, uniform as far as I could tell. I forgot to ask if they had plans to release a 55g version down the road

Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeybo ... ouch_sxsw/

Also he states that the Novatouch feel a lot less bumpy and thocky than his FC660C, do you guys have any idea why that is?

Monkay wrote:Look what just has been teasered at /r/mechanicalkeyboards: http://imgur.com/a/FpMJz

Looks like the Novatouch will also come with the Topre Type-S Switches. As someone who never even touched Topre, is there a video or a detailed description how the sound really differs from the normal Topre? Which do you guys like more? Also for someone who likes MX-Red/Blue/Ergo-Clerars, I think that 45g are my Topre-Switch?

Also the font is no crazy gamer font anymore!!!

The purple slider is indeed quite promising.

Topre's silent switches are very similar (if not identical) in feel, but have less "thock" as the upstroke is damped internally. Like some of my favourite old Alps switches, and Matias' quiet click.

Can't say I'm as impressed by the legends, though. It's better than the definitive CM janky font, but still not good looking to me. But then this is one keyboard that's all about replacing caps. Wonder if they'll ship a naked version? I'll take it!