@delitomatoes@lemm.ee to Mechanical Keyboards@lemmy.ml • 4 months agoWhy are they called Switches and not Buttons?message-square8arrow-up122file-text
arrow-up122message-squareWhy are they called Switches and not Buttons?@delitomatoes@lemm.ee to Mechanical Keyboards@lemmy.ml • 4 months agomessage-square8file-text
minus-squareOnionononlinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 months agoI think we get keys from the typewriter but there is nothing on a typewriter that switches a state. Save for clean paper to dirty paper
Maybe it’s some legacy nomenclature from typewriters
I think we get keys from the typewriter but there is nothing on a typewriter that switches a state. Save for clean paper to dirty paper