Anne Pro Mechanical Keyboard Goodness

And why I probably won't replace it for any other keyboard anytime soon

Disclaimer: Although I've had a marvelous involvement in my Anne Pro 2 up until this point, I've seen various reports of individuals having problems with it, generally firmware or Bluetooth related. I nearly bricked it once yet managed to "resurrect it" by stopping the cable while holding the ESC key and reflashing it with the firmware. Most problems with it appear to be to be solvable by installing an ongoing firmware or/and killing it on and a couple of times. In any case, as always, your mileage may vary.

Before I start with the things that made me fall in affection with Anne Pro 2 I have to specify a couple of things:

— I'm an engineer. As such I like to adjust as much as conceivable of my keyboard to suit my coding needs.

— I like to fiddle with things. And it's probably easier for me to save my keyboard from a near-block insight. And to put it on one.

— I'm a VIM client. So getting a 60% mechanical keyboard resembled the following logical advance down that rabbit opening.

Anne Pro 2 (AP2 starting now and into the foreseeable future) can be an amazing keyboard for various sorts of clients (counting gamers) however I discover it to be generally valuable for designers (compared to other mechanical keyboards). And that's because of its amazing customization capability. So we should begin with what I accept is it's best features:

Usual Mechanical Keyboard Goodness

Anne Pro 2 is a true mechanical Gaming keyboard and as such it has the usual features that accompany it:

— Compact structure factor. As I would see it, the beauty of a 60% keyboard is eliminating all the keys that are far from the home column and allowing access to their features with modifiers that are easier to reach. That way, whatever you want to do with your keyboard, it will be near one of your hands. Connection to more data on mechanical keyboard layouts on the finish of the article.

— RGB backlight. This is generally helpful to the ones who like gleaming cool impacts or the individuals who have to look to the keyboard to type — with a snappy visit to ObinsKit software you can have a disco-ready keyboard or a straightforward single-shading backlit keyboard.

— Mechanical switches. Want your keys to be as snap clacky or as smooth as conceivable? You can arrange an Anne Pro 2 with Kaihl, Gateron or Cherry MX. Whatever intrigues you. I have Gateron browns on mine and I love them (and my collaborators don't hate me for carrying it to work, so that's a colossal advantage over blue switches and the like).

— Freedom to change keycaps. One of the advantages of mechanical keyboards is that they are exceptionally customizable. Try not to like the implicit keycaps? Change them all.