"Lieblings-Schalter: Matias Orange" … ORLY? Does that mean they've found an orange dye that works, or that he's forgotten to alter that entry since the time when the quiet switches actually
were orange? (I've discovered recently that Alps SKCM Salmon, Orange and Black were all contemporary, so presumably they intentionally differ in spec. I just don't know how, yet, other than that orange seems to be lighter. Around 1991, Orange and Salmon were discontinued, leaving just Black for a few years.)
How about Matias Lock? (I'd love to see an AK-LK, the Himake latching action switch — no longer sold, and Xiang Min never responded to my enquiry about the one they imply they sell. Not sure what happened to AK-LK, as Focus preferred Futaba latching switches over Alps and Himake despite requiring custom keycaps.)
Being more realistic, I still want to see the full range of options:
- Light linear (Cherry MX red equivalent — opens the door to the gamer market)
- Light linear damped
- Medium linear (Alps SKCL Green replacement/Cherry MX Black replacement, also great for gamers)
- Medium linear damped
- Click (as sold now)
- Click damped (Fujitsu Peerless/Acer equivalent)
- Tactile (Alps SKCM Orange replacement — this is the one I want now, as I'm envious of ABS M1 owners with their fearsome clackity boards, which are sadly ANSI only)
- Tactile damped (as sold now)
All of them being properly Matias-branded, although that horse has bolted now. And an end to the stupid term "quiet click", as they do not click. "Quiet click" can be correctly applied to the damped click switch — I would love something like a Peerless that has that very delicate click, but without Fujitsu's shoddy stabilisers.
