Optimal Windows keyboard settings?

[Slowhand]

Hi everyone, I'm making a lot of mistakes while typing on my keyboard. I use the Ducky Shine 3 mechanical keyboard, with Cherry MX Black key switches. Now this board does a fantastic job for gaming, but when I switch to writing or typing I make a lot of mistakes with it.

Mainly double or triple clicking keys and accidental keystrokes. Bear in mind, I have to take certain medications daily that make my hands shaky sometimes. Comes and goes. But I'm wondering if I can make accidental key presses lower using the Windows 7 keyboard setting found in the control panel, such as repeat delay and repeat rate. Currently the sliders are all the way to the left.

Most of this is probably user error, but optimizing the settings might help. Anyone have any advice on the matter? 😀

Thanks a million.

 

[corkyg]

If those sliders are all the way left, then that is as slow as it can be. You may have to work on your angle of attack - slow down a bit and attack vertically with pure finger tip end. It will be slower, but with fewer typos.

 

[Slowhand]

If those sliders are all the way left, then that is as slow as it can be. You may have to work on your angle of attack - slow down a bit and attack vertically with pure finger tip end. It will be slower, but with fewer typos.

Thank you so much for your advice. I'll try anything.....

 

[Ben90]

You can write a sort of software debounce script in AHK.

 

[evilspoons]

Cherry MX Black has no "hysteresis", which is why you're having repeating keystrokes. Basically if you come up past a certain point and then go past that exact same point, it types again. You may need a second keyboard for typing or to just switch keyboards entirely to a different kind of keyswitch.

Watch these gifs for MX black and MX blue:

Note the little spring catch on the left, how it pauses with blue for a while until the key comes back up? This means you have to let the key further up than you pushed it back down before you can make it send a keypress again.

Ben90's solution would basically be software hysteresis.

 

[Slowhand]

Cherry MX Black has no "hysteresis", which is why you're having repeating keystrokes. Basically if you come up past a certain point and then go past that exact same point, it types again. You may need a second keyboard for typing or to just switch keyboards entirely to a different kind of keyswitch.

Watch these gifs for MX black and MX blue:

Note the little spring catch on the left, how it pauses with blue for a while until the key comes back up? This means you have to let the key further up than you pushed it back down before you can make it send a keypress again.

Ben90's solution would basically be software hysteresis.

thx for your post evilspoons, i appreciate it cuz i know it took some effort. yep blues like a good choice, i did hear however they are a little loud..true or false?

 

[evilspoons]

They certainly make an audible 'snapping' noise compared to every other keyboard I've had, including MX browns. I've never typed on a keyboard with MX blacks. That being said, they don't really bother me. I live in a small apartment and when my wife is trying to sleep two rooms away, me typing like crazy on the MX blues does not wake her up or anything.