I used this as a replacement for a Mac-like keyboard because I felt I could use the backlight to see the keys when the area isn't lit . That may be due to age (I'm older than the average developer), but I'm annoyed by chunky buttons that are just plain cheap and hard. I think if I was younger the keyboard would be "cool". I went back to my old keyboard - I probably should have done more research - the price is cheap, it works, but you don't get an easy-to-use keyboard.