> Imagine a Mercedes (...) Would you drive such a car on the narrow, unsuspended wheels of the first automobile without the comfort offered by today’s technology?
I think this analogy is not accurate. Keyboards of today have been greatly revised for comfort and rely on different materials and components; it's just that the general design didn't change. I think it would be more accurate to ask whether we'd still use cars with seats, engine and four wheels; which we do.
Exactly. Sit down at an old typewriter, with its 45-degree-sloped keyboard, 2" key travel, and tendency to jam any time you press two keys at once, and tell me that's not a Model T to a modern mechanical keyboard's Mercedes.
I still occasionally use an Olivetti to write letters to family members, loved ones, and the IRS. It’s more of a 1973 Porsche Carrera compared to the Kia Soul that is my computer.
I think this analogy is not accurate. Keyboards of today have been greatly revised for comfort and rely on different materials and components; it's just that the general design didn't change. I think it would be more accurate to ask whether we'd still use cars with seats, engine and four wheels; which we do.