And if you’re thinking, “what’s wrong with that keyboard?” it’s an ortholinear 40% keyboard, and I already have a mechanical number pad to deal with that.
The annoyance is just a happy side effect. Also, we’ll be cube social distancing for the foreseeable future and everyone already wears headphones; I’ve had a mechanical keyboard at work for years now and no one has said anything to me about it, most just think they look neat.
How could anyone find this sound annoying? OK, so it’s a little loud, I admit. I don’t write many lengthy emails and when I do, I can switch to my Cherry Brown keyboard for that.
i actually don’t know if it would annoy me or not. once i tune into something annoying me, i cannot tune out. loud keyboards haven’t been one of those things in the past, but i haven’t worked in a cube farm in something close to 15 years. that first one sounded really loud though.
That’s what I’m using, plus o-rings to help dampen the sound.
Used to be concerned about others in the space until I realized I was forced to wear headphones because everyone either has loud phone calls, or actually has meetings right in the workspace. So, I stopped being concerned. They can wear headphones to, and my disturbances are the least of it (never had a meeting in the workspace, and I take calls out in a seperate private room.)
This fall, I finally got annoyed with having keyboards that were all slightly different on the three computers I use in the house, so I standardized on one model keyboard (with Cherry silent red switches).