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Why aren't there more glow in the dark keyboards for a more passive form of keyboard backlighting?

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Is it because the glow would fade after a year or two? Even if it’s not cost effective compared to adding to LEDs I thought it would be a novelty thing.

I did a quick search online and it doesn’t seem very common. Mostly keyboard covers.

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Nicadimos@lemmy.ml
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Wouldn’t the glow also fade over the course of a night? Brightness controlled LED’s seems to be the better more consistent solution.

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DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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I’m not certain OP understands how GITD works, or that you could do translucent keycaps at a reduced brightness 😬

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Corroded@leminal.spaceOP
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I know it fades. I’m not talking about bringing back the radium girls here.

What do you think I am misunderstanding?

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Corroded@leminal.spaceOP
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Of course on both accounts. I imagine it would gradually fade out over the course of around an hour or so.

I mentioned it in my post and another comment but I thought it would have been an occasional novelty you would see online. Maybe in an weird Ali Express device.

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