Why are modern keyboards BLACK

[jimbo45]

Hi guys
I find as an older guy using modern keyboards which have black keys with silver / white letters on them very difficult to see sometimes.

The older one's which had WHITE keys with BLACK letters on them far far easier to read seem almost to have disappeared these days.

I've managed tro rescue 2 or 3 of these from "The tip" but can I make a plea here -- not everybody who uses a computer is under 25 these days.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[Tews]

I feel your pain Jimbo, that being said, I've been typing for 45 years and no longer need to look at the keys anymore...

 

[jfar]

Mine could be pink with purpley spots, and I would still have to look at the keys,
I am the worst typist in the world.

 

[Scotteq]

I thought they were black because that tends to make the acumulation of detritus from countless partially eaten meals/snacks less visible. After all: Against a white background, last month's Curry is painfully obvious...

 

[Tews]

Hey, are you saying that Geeks are slobs???

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Hey, are you saying that Geeks are slobs???

We are though

 

[jfar]

Tews doesn't know what he has eaten lately because he doesn't look down anymore.:roflmao:

 

[Tews]

Tews doesn't know what he has eaten lately because he doesn't look down anymore.:roflmao:

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[zigzag3143]

Tews doesn't know what he has eaten lately because he doesn't look down anymore.:roflmao:

:roflmao:

:roflmao:

 

[z3r010]

After years spent swapping out keyboards in offices and warehouses, I can say it's all down to dirty fingers.

 

[swarfega]

My Mum would prefer white keyboards. But they're quite difficult to find now. Myself I prefer black ones since it matches my case

 

[DocBrown]

I see a lot of white, or beige keyboards in the Thrift shops for $3 -$7 at times

 

[smsff7]

I like black keyboards myself...tho you might have some luck finding a white one online.

 

[derekimo]

Mine could be pink with purpley spots, and I would still have to look at the keys,
I am the worst typist in the world.

I hear that, If I can get two fingers typing I'm having a good day.

 

[pebbly]

my fingers type before the brain engages

 

[Thorsen]

I would agree with Z3r0 I have a black key board in front of me and the B and Q keys are whiter thatn the A and E keys. My backspace key is almost completely greyed out.

 

[z3r010]

Mine could be pink with purpley spots, and I would still have to look at the keys,
I am the worst typist in the world.

I hear that, If I can get two fingers typing I'm having a good day.

I used to be like that until I tried a split ergonomic keyboard, my typing improved massively in a short time once the keys were split, I couldn't be without one now.

 

[fseal]

I think that after a decade or two of beige, people got tired of it, marketeers glomped onto black. Black is the new beige, it'll change again in another 10 years to... CHROME! In the future, everything is chrome...

 

[pparks1]

Yeah, I am a fan of my ergo keyboards as well. However I have gotten pretty decent with typing on my laptop keyboards as well.

I learned to type back in junior high and always thought "when will I ever need to know how to do this". Then I also had a typing class in high school where I once again thought..."what good will this be". Now, it's one of the most important skills that I posses. I can hardly stand it at work when I work with others who cannot type properly or with any type of speed. I'm always amazed that they can get anything done.

 

[smsff7]

Mine could be pink with purpley spots, and I would still have to look at the keys,
I am the worst typist in the world.

I hear that, If I can get two fingers typing I'm having a good day.

I used to be like that until I tried a split ergonomic keyboard, my typing improved massively in a short time once the keys were split, I couldn't be without one now.

All I can say is that I am happy that is not the only option for keyboards. I can't stand that disign