Double-Shot Cylindricals for Cherry MX

Which color/text combinations do you prefer for the next group buy?

Poll ended at 16 Jun 2011, 10:32

Black .. on Orange ....... (NN or GX/OAS) .. (centered text)
6
4%
Black .. on Yellow ....... (NN or GX/YY) ... (centered text)
2
1%
Black .. on White ........ (NN or GX/WA) ... (centered text)
6
4%
Red .... on White ......... (RA/WA) ........ (centered text)
9
6%
Green .. on White ........ (VCS/WA) ........ (centered text)
4
3%
Blue ... on White ......... (BO/WA) ........ (centered text)
4
3%
Orange . on Black ........ (OAS/GX) ........ (centered text)
9
6%
Yellow . on Black ......... (YY/GX) ........ (centered text)
1
1%
White .. on Black ......... (WA/GX) ........ (centered text)
8
5%
White .. on Red ........... (WA/RA) ........ (centered text)
8
5%
White .. on Green ......... (WA/VCS) ....... (centered text)
4
3%
White .. on Blue .......... (WA/BO) ........ (centered text)
4
3%
Black .. on Orange ....... (NN or GX/OAS) .. (conventional text)
5
3%
Black .. on Yellow ....... (NN or GX/YY) ... (conventional text)
2
1%
Black .. on White ........ (NN or GX/WA) ... (conventional text)
16
10%
Red .... on White ......... (RA/WA) ........ (conventional text)
5
3%
Green .. on White ........ (VCS/WA) ........ (conventional text)
6
4%
Blue ... on White ......... (BO/WA) ........ (conventional text)
8
5%
Orange . on Black ........ (OAS/GX) ........ (conventional text)
6
4%
Yellow . on Black ......... (YY/GX) ........ (conventional text)
4
3%
Gray ... on Black ......... (??/NN) ........ (conventional text)
19
12%
White .. on Black ......... (WA/GX) ........ (conventional text)
7
4%
White .. on Red ........... (WA/RA) ........ (conventional text)
10
6%
White .. on Green ......... (WA/VCS) ....... (conventional text)
3
2%
White .. on Blue .......... (WA/BO) ........ (conventional text)
3
2%
 
Total votes: 159

xbb

14 Jun 2011, 13:39

webwit wrote:
7bit wrote:Not possible. Signature Plastics, the manufacturer of the key caps, had not yet invented clear text double shots.
Since that is a contemporary demand, my guess is they won't invent it in the future as well.
Who knows... I know they invented the reversed caps lock key.

itlnstln

14 Jun 2011, 16:39

What's the expected turn around for this MO? I was thinking about getting a new 'board with my 2012 tax return and I was wondering if these would be shipped in time.

mintberryminuscrunch

14 Jun 2011, 17:06

itlnstln wrote:What's the expected turn around for this MO? I was thinking about getting a new 'board with my 2012 tax return and I was wondering if these would be shipped in time.
if i look at the demand the poll shows I have my doubts this will happen anytime soon

zeeko

14 Jun 2011, 18:51

Which material do these keycaps consist of?

xbb

14 Jun 2011, 19:12

zeeko wrote:Which material do these keycaps consist of?
ABS

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7bit

14 Jun 2011, 21:23

itlnstln wrote:What's the expected turn around for this MO? I was thinking about getting a new 'board with my 2012 tax return and I was wondering if these would be shipped in time.
Preorders will start in around 2 weeks. Don't know how long it will take until we actually order. A few months at minimum, but could easily be 6 months as with Round 3.
mintberryminuscrunch wrote: if i look at the demand the poll shows I have my doubts this will happen anytime soon
LOL! This poll is just to find out with which color/text-styles to start.

The real MO will take place at Deskthority and Geekhack.

The last time we ordered 52'000 key caps which are still distributed to around 250 people.

Within the last 2 months there had been a lot more posts on GH from people who asked when Round 4 starts, than post in this poll. Be sure, there will be enough demand for at least some of these color/text-style combinations.

The plan is to get together orders for at least 50'000 key caps, which should be not too much of a problem.

Swede

15 Jun 2011, 14:49

Would be nice if anyone could post pictures of all the available colors, I'm thinking of getting gray on black, or white on green. Was checking on GH aswell, and saw that clear keys could be ordered as well.
And I want to do some crazy lightning on my poker when that arrives ;)

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Grond

15 Jun 2011, 15:01

White on green? I wouldn't mind that! :)

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kbdfr
The Tiproman

15 Jun 2011, 15:14

I love this thread!

It's a real thrill to see what colours are being proposed here. Not that I myself could imagine typing on anything else than a keyboard with a beige case and beige keycaps lettered deep black, but everybody is so enthusiastic here :D

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Haes

15 Jun 2011, 15:18

i'm pleased to see that most of my chosen colours are in front :)

zeeko

15 Jun 2011, 15:24

I'm for black letters on white.

And I can't imagine what gray on black looks like.
Does anybody have pictures from gray on black key caps?

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7bit

15 Jun 2011, 19:32

zeeko wrote:I'm for black letters on white.

And I can't imagine what gray on black looks like.
Does anybody have pictures from gray on black key caps?
like this:
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No, wait! This is black on very dark grey.

tjweir

15 Jun 2011, 19:37

That's an excellent colourscheme.

zeeko

15 Jun 2011, 19:40

Wouldn't gray on black look similar to black and engraved?
Like this:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_pghR ... AG0103.jpg

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7bit

15 Jun 2011, 19:59

tjweir wrote:
That's an excellent colourscheme.
Are you color blind? This is not grey on black!
zeeko wrote:Wouldn't gray on black look similar to black and engraved?
Like this:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_pghR ... AG0103.jpg
It depends on your angle of view.
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tjweir

15 Jun 2011, 20:01

7bit wrote:
tjweir wrote:
That's an excellent colourscheme.
Are you color blind? This is not grey on black!
Um. I'm not. What?

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gimpster

15 Jun 2011, 20:36

This image is just shopped but it gives you an idea of what it could look like. Depending on the exact color of gray/black, I think it could look very good.
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zeeko

15 Jun 2011, 20:51

I don't like it that much.

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kbdfr
The Tiproman

15 Jun 2011, 21:02

How about keys with mirror-inverted letters? :mrgreen:

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7bit

15 Jun 2011, 21:25

Here are some color schemes:
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Haes

15 Jun 2011, 22:09

don't like the purple, light blue and light green once. rest ist pretty nice :) .

the set will be only ansi or iso too ? perhaps iso and ansi blank set?

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7bit

15 Jun 2011, 22:20

Haes wrote:don't like the purple, light blue and light green once. rest ist pretty nice :) .

the set will be only ansi or iso too ? perhaps iso and ansi blank set?
There will be add-on kits for different languages ans some other extras. I also plan to make function keys, modifier keys etc available separately, so colors can be mixed.

here comes the next load of color-schemes:
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rouston

15 Jun 2011, 23:15

red on black is nice as well. add it please

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Gilgam

15 Jun 2011, 23:21

green on black is so Matrix like, fits well with my vim setup :-)

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Ascaii
The Beard

15 Jun 2011, 23:54

Gilgam wrote:green on black is so Matrix like, fits well with my vim setup :-)
geek detected!

anyways, Im in love with red on black

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CeeSA

15 Jun 2011, 23:56

Orange on Black or White - i like both

Swede

16 Jun 2011, 00:04

dammit, now i want them all, X on black was really nice!
Black on green, Grey on black or anything else on black? Sigh

zeeko

16 Jun 2011, 00:11

Dark blue on white is cool
I also like black on white and green on black.

Will there be only one color combination, or let's say the top 3?

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webwit
Wild Duck

16 Jun 2011, 00:22

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7bit

16 Jun 2011, 00:29

webwit wrote:
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Thank you webwit!

This is entirely what I inteded!

Key caps should be available for the whole keyboard, or just modifieres, function keys, numeric block, etc, or even as single key caps, to have any color combination you would have ever dreamed of.
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