Posted by Druin on 15, 2000 at 1:44 PM:
In Reply to: Leaf vs Microswitch posted by chukdotcom on 15, 2000 at 1:08 PM:
: Which type do you prefer and why?
When it comes time for me to build my panels I am going to try to go with leaf because it is more like the original 80's feel. People will say they're less durable and may slip out of alignment etc, but I won't have a million people bashing at it for one thing so I don't mind trying it out. The microswitches I hate because of the damn click! I remember 10 years ago I bought a Quickshot grip joystick for Nintendo and it had microswitches in it instead of the calculator style silent pads like the normal joysticks had, and I couldn't stand playing games because all I heard was click click click click click Right now my Ikari style joysticks are microswitches and I'm going to see if it's straightforward to get leafs put on them. I don't know how loud microswitches can be heard once mounted inside a cabinet but if I can hear them at all, I'll go nuts and start putting house insulation in there! Hey maybe that's not such a bad idea...