Rubber-dome keyboards were dead. Or at least, they seemed to be.Sure, youŽd still encounter them out in the wild, used by people who either didnŽt care or didnŽt know about mechanical keyboards. For enthusiasts, though, it`s been all mechanical for years now. Whether ear-splitting buckling springs or Cherry switches or any of a half-dozen Cherry knock-offs (Razer, Kailh, Omron), people have been upgrading from the lowly rubber dome en masse.But rather than go quietly into the night, the rubber dome has reinvented itself. Well, Razer and Logitech have reinvented it. Both released rubber-dome keyboards last year that try to incorporate the feel of mechanical switches-a hybrid that Razer annointed with the catchy term `mecha-membrane,` which weŽll use from here on out.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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