HHKB Hybrid Type-S Review - The Perfect Keyboard for Programmers?

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Is the Happy Hacking Keyboard or HHKB the perfect keyboard for programmers/software developers? In this review, I walk you through my experience writing code on this keyboard for a full year.
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00:00 Intro
00:24 The HHKB layout
03:17 Topre switches
04:31Connectivity options
05:21 Battery life
06:36 Design & aesthetics
08:16 How I configure my HHKB
09:37 Conclusion
10:32 HHKB Hybrid Type-S Typing Sounds ASMR
11:31 Logitech MX Keys Mini Typing Sounds ASMR
12:23 Apple Magic Keyboard Typing Sounds ASMR
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@digitaldisruptlabs 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video! Great quality. I'm looking forward to buy one, so I'm watching around lots of YT videos, and this one is my favorite so far, plus is really recent. :) Cheers!

@jerettkirrene974 2 жыл бұрын

I've been trying to find something more exciting than the mx keys mini to swap between a windows laptop and mac for development. Looks like this might be it! Thanks for the great video!

@CalvinIrby01 2 жыл бұрын

Terrific video. You did a wonderful job of showcasing the board. Thanks for this.

@Botio 2 жыл бұрын

Damn I just got the mixpre 6 II and HHKB right before I watched this video today!! we have so simliar taste for tools.

@buns98 2 жыл бұрын

I would recommend using Karabiner-Elements to map your control as a tab & hold key, where the tap is escape and hold is control. That way, you are free to map the escape key as the tilde/grave key. I couldn't stand having that key on the other side of the keyboard when programming. Also the tap/hold mapping is a must if you're a vim user.

@Jifflan Жыл бұрын

Does it have any similiar to PC?

@ThatsErika 2 жыл бұрын

I prefer the arrow keys on HHKB than any other, because I do not have to move my hand to my far right. It takes some getting used to, but once you are used to it, you will find the 82,84 or above layouts tedious to use (IMHO).

@jacksonblack2776 2 жыл бұрын

Great review, I really like the HHKB, I hope to memorize the keys one say so I can get a clean keycap set like that.

@jacksonblack2776 2 жыл бұрын

@@dickwyn Do you know of any sites that helped you the best with touch typing? Thanks.

@jacksonblack2776 2 жыл бұрын

@@dickwyn Thank you

@lenickramone 2 жыл бұрын

Do you record using your iphone and it goes directly through your audio interface ? that's smooth!

@xiaokunli2965 Жыл бұрын

Hey, Does your type-s LED light also indicate cap lock? or it is purely for bluetooth connection?

@yoshikibell 2 жыл бұрын

quality video!

@hentaicrypto 7 ай бұрын

Is there a version of this with volume knob and arrow keys?

@filippomariachiappini1257 2 жыл бұрын

Really nice video, i am looking forward to buying one and this has been useful. Watch out tho, the keyboard is not mechanical, it's an elettrocapacitive membrane keyboard.

@Ahtnagarp 7 ай бұрын

My dream keyboard

@SumTsuiTechie 2 жыл бұрын

Can it be configured to support spaceFn? So that I can long press space + hjkl as arrows. I think having to reach all the way to the right for fn really defeats the purpose of the hhkb layout which was intended to reduce hand movements.

@buns98 2 жыл бұрын

You can do this using Karabiner-Elements for the mac, but I ended up not using that because of the lag. I love the spacefn on my keyboards with QMK.

@Jifflan Жыл бұрын

I have touchcursor and I have exactly like that according to your specifications.

@atommixz Жыл бұрын

Linux has many daemons that allow you to emulate this behavior. I used to use interception-tools, now I use keyd to turn my $10 keyboard into HHKB. These daemons let you do a lot more than you need.

@SumTsuiTechie Жыл бұрын

@@atommixz interesting, never thought about going at it in the kernel level. but now a year later i am a happy Corne user and not going back to staggered layout

@LibreGlider 3 ай бұрын

Never really got into keyboards, but the first thing I think I would do would be to change the arrow keys to h, j, k & l.

@comunissa Жыл бұрын

What button does the Windows key default to?

@maxs0294 Жыл бұрын

You can choose to either don't have one, have it on the keys next to the spacebar, or on the outside keys of the bottom row.

@lawbinson 8 ай бұрын

It’s do think it is worth lubing the HHKB. You’ll find it gets a ton smoother and the sound is a more refined thock and a bit more silent.

@AnilKumarnn 6 ай бұрын

The sound is not high fidelity. Actual sound is better.

@3choblast3r4 5 ай бұрын

I don't understand how this is a "programmer" keyboard ... is it the dobra switches? Why would you want a 60% as a programmer? I mean I get why you'd want it as a gamer, but it makes no sense for me that a programmer would want that. Or dobra switches to be honest. To any programmer looking for a nice new keyboard. Bro, just buy a nice mechanical board. You get get boards that are 50x higher quality than this for half the price. You can just customize your keys and layers on something like VIA which even most budget mechanical keyboards support nowadays. You can get a better layout. 60% is great for gaming since it's very compact and gives you more mouse space. But for programming? Listen, I'm no programmer but that just makes little sense to me. If you use the arrow keys a lot why would you want a board that requires you to FN+key to use an arrow when you can just get a 65% or 75% board and have the arrow keys included, in a still compact body? I have a bunch of boards, my latest is "budget" board from Keychron (v1 max). it has VIA/QMK support, it has bluetooth and 2.4hz, a 1000hz polling rate for wired and 2.4. It's a hot swap board (don't ever waste money on a board that isn't hot swap lol), it has a 4000 mah battery that can last up to 225 hours or so on bt without rgb turned on. It's gasket mounted and filled with multiple layers of foam and stuff to give it a better sound profile. It's got a 75% layout, nice full sized arrow keys and a function row. It also has a nob that you can customize (it raises and lowers sound, press to mute on default). It comes with a usb A and usb c 2.4hz adapter etc etc. it's infinitely better than this 60% board that costs 3 times the price. Also you get much more options for keycap sets and different types of switches if you prefer a more heavy or lighter switch etc.

@bonaqua3076 4 ай бұрын

Some programmers use specific text editor that lets them navigate through their source code without using arrow keys. Also compact size means every key is within the reach of their fingers (esc and delete keys are actually closer than other layouts). So yea the keyboard is very niche and there are plenty of other better options but for those who find it comfortable, they never look back on other keyboards