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d00dness:

Ahhhh great discussion going on folks... a lot to consider.. plz keep it comming .... oh BTW I grew up with the leafs ... heck my first puter was a C=64 ;) ....



telengard:

I think a lot about what you should used is based on what games you like.  Are you into the classic games which most used leafs or are you into the newer stuff (yeah, they're new to me hehe) like fighters?  I personally don't like the feel or sound of microswitches so I use leafs for just about everything I can.

~telengard

NoOne=NBA=:

With leafs you can get to a point where a minimal movement up and down will engage/disengage the switch, causing a faster rapid fire.

With micros you have to push hard enough to snap the switch, and then let off far enough to unsnap it.
That creates a larger overall travel to complete each button cycle, but isn't that big a deal if you're hammering the button and letting go all the way.

The noticeable difference comes when you get subtle with them, as described above.

FrizzleFried:

...and what about the microswitch buttons that used 1/2 leaf style button but then the button pushes a lever that depresses the microswitch... ala Nintendo cabinets!  1980 is pretty "classic" and they were using microswitches then.



leapinlew:


--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on July 31, 2007, 07:48:47 pm ---...and what about the microswitch buttons that used 1/2 leaf style button but then the button pushes a lever that depresses the microswitch... ala Nintendo cabinets!  1980 is pretty "classic" and they were using microswitches then.



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Nintendo buttons suck because they break

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