Am 05.02.2016 um 09:09 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
> On 4-2-2016 20:07, Theogott wrote:
>> If you choose the multicoloured keyboard for inspiration, it can cost
>> a few
>> bucks more ...
>>
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00MVT7AYW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00
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> 
> What's the use of the colours? looks like gadgetry.

The purpose of the illumination is, in descending order of importance,

(1) to show off
(2) to see the keys even in almost total darkness
(3) to show off
(4) to remember what mode or profile you've currently set the
programmable keys to
(5) to show off
(6) to remember what type of stuff which key does in the game you're
currently playing
(7) to show off
(8) to remember what combo keys go with a particular key you've just pressed
(9) to show off

For the purpose of (1), (3), (5), (7) and (9) you can set the keyboard
to show all kinds of fancy animations.

For the purpose of (2), you can set the entire keyboard to show a
uniform colour with adjustable brightness. For the purpose of (4), you
can specify the colour on a per-profile or per-mode basis, e.g. for a
roleplay game you might want to use green to indicate that the macro
keys are currently set up for playing as a healer, yellow for a ranged
weapons fighter, red for a melee weapons fighter, and blue for a mage.

For the purpose of (6), you can specify the colour on a per-key basis,
e.g. you might assign blue to movement keys, yellow to keys for
switching weapons, red for attacking, and for non-combat stuff.

For the purpose of (8), the newest generation of keyboards also allow
you to further specify the colour based on what keys you're currently
pressing, or have just pressed a few moments ago.

My no-longer-trusty old G19 catered to (1)-(5).

The Corsair k95 RGB keyboard I expect to be delivered tomorrow will
cater to (1)-(9) and presumably (11) and (13), but the main reason I'm
getting it is the whopping 18 dedicated macro keys. I'm also looking
forward to the ability to re-program not only those dedicated macro
keys, but each and every key I feel like messing with.
Like, say, reprogramming the decimals separator on the numeric keypad to
either "." or "," to match the application I'm currently working with.

Getting fancy illumination with this is ok.

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