Re: [NTLK] Keyboard keys: quieter?

L.W. Brown wrote:
> The keycaps come off easily. Under each is already a "spring" that is
> a (silicone?) rubber "tube" (larger at top than at bottom). The noise
> appears to come from the "stop" designed into each keycap: a small
> round piece if plastic that "hangs down" from the edge near one
> corner - it looks like that taps the base under the keys, making a
> small "click"...
>
> Simple approach (but drastic - I'm not going to volunteer to do it):
> clip off the plastic "tip"...

but wouldn't that remove the 'feedback' you get from the keyboard?
Actually if I could use a keyboard like on my g4 powerbook, I like that one.

william

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